Susan Cooper, a plus-size analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is suddenly called onto a dangerous overseas mission to Europe as a last resort. Cooper teams up with CIA agents Rick Ford and Bradley Fine to stop the transaction of a black market nuclear device. ‘Spy,’ an American action comedy film hit theaters on Friday, June 5.
Metacritic gave the film a Metascore of 75 taken from 39 critics. The film received 32 positive reviews, 6 mixed reviews, and 1 negative review. IMDb rated the film 7.6/10 out of 8,184 users ratings. Rotten Tomatoes rated the film 95% on the Tomatometer with an average rating of 7.3/10 taken from 150 reviews. It received 143 Fresh reviews and 7 Rotten reviews. Its Audience Score is 85% with an average rating of 4/5 taken from 33,552 user ratings.
‘Spy’ stars Melissa McCarthy as Susan Cooper, Jason Statham as Rick Ford, Jude Law as Bradley Fine, Rose Byrne as Rayna Boyanov, Miranda Hart as Nancy B. Artingstall, Bobby Cannavale as Sergio De Luca, Allison Janney as Elaine Crocker, Peter Serafinowicz as Aldo, Björn Gustafsson as Anton, 50 Cent as himself, Morena Baccarin as Karen Walker, Nargis Fakhri as Lia, Zach Woods as Man in Purple Tie, Jessica Chaffin as Sharon, Will Yun Lee as Timothy Cress, Carlos Ponce as Matthew Wright, Michael McDonald as Patrick, Jamie Denbo as Casino Hostess, Ben Falcone as American Tourist, Katie Dippold as Katherine, Steve Bannos as Alan the Bartender, Raad Rawi as Tihomir Boyanov, and Verka Serduchka as himself.
The film was written and directed by Paul Feig. The producers of the film are Paul Feig, Jessie Henderson, Peter Chernin, and Jenno Topping. The $65 million budget film features music by Theodore Shapiro. Robert Shapiro is the cinematographer of the film. It was edited by Dean Zimmerman and Don Zimmerman. The production companies behind it are Chernin Entertainment and Feigco Entertainment. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox. The movie runs for 120 minutes.
Jude Law at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 2007.
Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes:
“Feig's cheerfully feminist script makes only as much sense as it absolutely must, while providing McCarthy with chances to crack wise, show vulnerability and class, and do some of the more elegant pratfalls you'll have seen in a while,” wrote Bob Mondello from NPR.
“In Spy, she's playing a caricature that is almost a complete character. The movie isn't out to humiliate her. It wants to prop up a version of heroism that makes sense for McCarthy,” wrote Wesley Morris from Grantland.
“Spy is actually quite funny. It even proves itself to be in the same league with the first two films in Feig's loose comic trilogy, Bridesmaids and The Heat ...,” wrote Andrew Lapin from NPR.
“Rare is the broad mainstream comedy that can goof on its bigger-budget Hollywood siblings while providing a few moments of sincere uplift,” wrote Jesse Hasenger from AV Club.
“McCarthy and Byrne's scenes together are cruelly hilarious, with the kind of no-holds-barred insult humor that makes you instinctively drop your jaw and cover your mouth,” wrote Alonso Duralde from TheWrap.
“Although this fish-out-of-water scenario might sound over-familiar, both the humour and action here are startling and visceral ...,” wrote Liam Lacey from Globe and Mail.
“Melissa McCarthy doesn't just adopt guises to fool the bad guys in "Spy." Part of what makes the action comedy such a loopy blast is the identity shifts she pulls on the audience,” wrote Tom Russo from Boston Globe.
