Review of Spy (2015) by Harry W — 25 Jul 2017
Like Bridesmaids and The Heat before it, Spy masquerades as a crude and brash comedy but underneath is something else entirely. For one, the performances are unmissable particularly and obviously shining forthright from Melissa McCarthy in the leading role, who's naturalness and likeability - even with her foul mouth and gracelessness - are constantly on show.
She's so talented that her performance mainly carries the film, and if it weren't for then it would run at risk of really not working. Rose Byrne and Jason Statham are also fantastic in supporting roles and not only is the film hilarious, it's also paced with brilliant combat and action scenes that are genre-worthy at best and are what should really be expected from a film called Spy.
This review of Spy (2015) was written by Harry W on 25 Jul 2017.
Spy has generally received positive reviews.
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