SPY
Directed by Paul Feig
Screenplay Paul Feig
Starring: Melissa McCarthy; Rose Byrne; Jason Stratham; Jude Law; Miranda Hart; Bobby Cannavale; and Allison Janney
A CIA analyst (McCarthy) volunteers to go undercover to look into the a deadly arms dealer. However she ends up doing more than "looking into" as she ends of trying to prevent a global disaster.
This film was silly fun and it goes back to McCarthy being all in with her brand of physical comedy and writer/director Feig.
From the start the film has a feel of a Bond movie, then you feel the humor and it seems to not wrestle with the tone at all. It just works (and by the way the film earns its rated R MPA rating). I laughed out loud often and was worried about the characters just as often, so a lot of credit goes to the screenwriting. Then casting!! The casting was spot on perfect. The whole cast was all in, not one chink in the armor here. Law as a smarmy agent. Byrne is so nasty evil. Stratham hilarious as a frustrated agent, he gives an hilarious speech in the middle of the film. Janney is funny as the CIA boss. And of course McCarthy who is not only hilariously rules the roost being well, Melissa McCarthy, but also not afraid to show feelings and emotions. Oh...and there is another actor of note, Peter Serafinowiicz as Aldo is fantastic as a perverted agent.
The negatives? Only one.The film gets a little over the top, okay a lot over the top at the end when a helicopter is used. Most of the picture (Like San Andreas) I just went with it. It is a summer comedy, and I was laughing, so why not, but yes the end was a bit much.
4 out of 5 stars for a pleasant surprise SPY I hope they make a sequel!! Make sure you stay through the whole credits....for a small funny scene.
From the shadows as always thanks for your time!!
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