Year: 2015
Director: Paul Feig
Country: US
Language: English
- Forgery of goods or documents
- A type of satire, specifically a parody, in which an original work is made fun of by creating a similar but altered work.
- Australian slang for semen
Regardless of which definition fits, Spy is not a good
Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency's most dangerous missions. 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.
Spy makes Goldmember look like a shining beacon of master art. It's full of vulgar humor that is delivered without comic timing or subtlety. We hear every variety of the word "bitch", but have no real punchline. Ha! She's a potty mouth! Perhaps the shock factor of poo, vomit, fart and sex jokes would work on an Elementary School playground but as an adult I find it dull, poorly written and lazy. I wasn't a fan of Edgar Wright's The World's End, but at least he knows how to do physical comedy well!
I did like Jason Statham's character however; he does a good job at satirizing his usual onscreen persona. Statham acts like a badass, but is completely incompetent and is always at the mercy of his foe. Overall the film didn't do much at all to set itself apart from every other spy movie. Its plot is very formulaic (underdog gets heroic role, underdog screws up, good guy is actually bad guy, end helicopter scene, bad guys lose) and it isn't sly/meta enough to be forgiven.
If Spy Hard (1996) and Casino Royale (1967) aren't enough to satisfy your need for hilarious thriller spoofs, then I recommend 21 Jump Street (2012). Really, do anything you can to avoid the eternal stench of this lame attempt to be feminist. Piss on it! 1/5
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