While he gets all the action, visits picturesque locales and basically gets his hide saved by Susan, she is left in a the rodent-infested (actually, a great running gag) basement at Langley with other, mostly female, grounded agents. agent who has resolved herself to provide surveillance aid in the ear of suave spy, Bradley Fine ( Jude Law). “Spy” earns it’s R-rating and will have you in stitches throughout, just like those last two, but it’s timing is perfect because you can add it to the rising list of recent movies that focus on fantastic female characters.ĭowdy Susan Cooper ( Melissa McCarthy) is a smart, quick-thinking C.I.A. “Spy” is a modern-day spoof on the spy action genre, just like “Bridesmaids” was a riff on chick flicks and “ The Heat” send-up the buddy-cop genre. Writer/director Paul Feig’s second team-up with Melissa McCarthy, “Spy” did just that and, really, I shouldn’t be surprised since I vividly recall gut-busting my way through “ Bridesmaids”, his first movie with McCarthy and my first exposure to Feig. It’s been a good while since I sat at a screening at laughed out loud. Rated R (language throughout, violence, and some sexual content including brief graphic nudity)
Produced by: Paul Feig, Jessie Henderson, Peter Chernin & Jenno Topping