Spy

 

Spy 2015

• Director: Paul Feig
• Seen by this director: The Heat
• Based on the book: No
• Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jude Law, Jason Stratham, Miranda Hart, Allison Janney
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Melissa McCarthy – The Heat, The Life of David Gale, White Oleander
• Rose Byrne – X-Men, I Give It a Year, The Place Beyond the Pines28 Weeks Later, The Dead Girl, Sunshine
• Jude Law – many
• Allison Janney - many
• Why? Might be fun. Jude Law’s presence doesn’t hurt.
• Seen: 27 April 2024 

       Is Jude Law the next James Bond (fine by me…). Um, probably not but he does a lovely parody. Oh, I get it. The whole film is a parody. Overweight, lovelorn, desk-bound CIA agent Susan (McCarthy) finds herself against all odds in the field in Paris to catch the bad guy – bad gal actually – who has a nuke and plans to sell it to an even badder guy.

       It’s funny. I like McCarthy and the others are good too. A feminist spoof of 007 – what’s not to like?      

4* of 5