Spy Review
R: Language Throughout, Violence, and Some Sexual Content Including a 3 Second Blowjob Gag, and 20 second Dick Pic joke
20th Century Fox, Chernin Entertainment
2 hrs and 0 Minutes
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jason Statham, Jude Law, Miranda Hart, Bobby Cannavale, Allison Janney, with Peter Serafinowicz, and 50 Cent
Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during my adolescence. Outdated language might be seen in these old posts. Since then, my thoughts and values have grown. This review is being presented as they were originally written, grammatical errors, shitty sentence structure, and typos galore. Because to do otherwise would be that same as claiming these flaws never existed.
BACKSTORY:Monday June 1st I take my close friends to the premiere of Melissa McCarthy's new film Spy. It was my friend Leslie's 1st premiere, but the worst for me and Gil. This was because the movie didn't start till 8 at night. They said it would start at 7:30, but celebrities were still doing freaking interviews and let me tell you they were in a tent while us "common folk" were in the rainy cold huddled together with the most disrespectful ghetto ass people behind us. By the time we were let in, I get my seats and go to the bathroom. On my way there I see a security guard waiting outside. I'm thinking "???" In there was nobody but a guy at the urinal, but since I hate urinals I take the stall. After done peeing, I go the sink at the same guy as the guy to wash my hands. I look up and turn my eyeball to see oh Jason Statham. I went to the bathroom with Jason Statham and I was right next to him like there was barely any distance from the sinks we were at. Usually I would've been excited, but since of my wet and fatigued body, I kept composure, let out a small sigh and went on my merry way. MORE IN THE BACKSTORY SECTION.
STORYLINE: Susan Cooper is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency's most dangerous missions. But when her partner falls off the grid and another top agent is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a global crisis.
REVIEW: Wow..just wow. I can't believe I'm saying this, but this is Melissa McCarthy's best role ever. Yeah we loved her in Bridesmaids and St. Vincent, but we couldn't stand her in her spotlight comedies such as Identity Thief and Tammy. Tammy a movie directed by her husband Ben Falcone made me like McCarthy less than I did, because she is typecasted as the loud and obnoxious fat lady. She's pretty slim in person, but on film it's the same fat jokes and she says the most inappropriate things. But when she works with Paul Feig McCarthy shines like a diamond and here she is brighter than ever before. It's the funny lines and comedic timing that makes this movie a lot of fun. For a secret agent satire, Feig writes the smartest script that makes Austin Powers look a piece of shit. The beginning starts off slow with McCarthy doing her same shtick but with a more sympathetic approach, but its till the 20 minute mark where she takes initiative. Another role reversal surprise is Jason Statham whose character is a parody of his film career. He talks big saying impossible things thinking he's badass but is just a fuck up throughout the entire film. Every scene with him is just hilarious and his interactions with McCarthy makes the scene more memorable. There is a crap ton of characters with personality and all of them are so over the toply remarkable they make the film 2 times fun. Rose Byrne is hilarious, Miranda Hart is funny, 50 cent even delivers lines that makes you laugh so hard it makes your stomach churn. Though there are some annoying characters, they have their comedic moments. Now you may ask yourself, is the story and action on par with the comedy. The answer is hell yes. The movie is RATED R, Spy doesn't shy away from blood and violence so when the film gets gory, it's disturbingly graphic. There are badass action sequences that are well choreographed and is lightened by the comedy to avoid of just having gore all over. The story may at first be your average tech agent to field agent film, but then by the last 30 minutes the film takes some risky plot twists that are smart, but then pads the film out longer than it needs to be.
LAST STATEMENT: As long as it is and slow as it started, Spy is a smartly written comedy with perfect comedic timing that sets the bar high for secret agent type satires while Feig proves to the people in the world, Melissa McCarthy can hold a film on her own.
Rating: 4/5 | 88%
Super Scene: Knife Fight / Statham Says the Darnest Things
