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FilmGobJun 5, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Melissa McCarthy stars in 'Roseanne Blart: Spy Cop', playing a desk-bound CIA analyst who volunteers to go undercover and find a deadly arms dealer. Okay, i'm sorry, let's try and be professional.

'Spy' is the first Melissa McCarthy film i’ve seen, and without doubt it will definitely be the last. It’s written and directed by Paul Feig, the man who thinks he understands the Ghostbusters franchise so well he wants to reboot it with a female cast, because that’s the cool thing to do these days, right? Is there an agenda in Hollywood that is pushing Feig and McCarthy? Did i miss a meeting or a memo?

Anyway, despite an impressive cast featuring Rose Byrne, Jude Law, Jason Statham, and Peter Serafinowicz, the film is the most mediocre garbage i’ve seen this year. Thumbs up to Byrne and Statham playing characters out of their comfort zone but the tired, forced stupidity was overbearing. Throw in an eye rolling cliche cameo from rapper 50 Cent, and you're all set for a complete waste of time. I feel dirty just thinking i spent two hours watching this. Why is it two hours long? It’s ‘comedy’ consists of jaw dropping, bottom of the barrel material such as fart jokes, dick pics, racial stereotypes, racist abuse, fat woman shouting and fat woman falling over. I wasn't fooled by the 'razor sharp wit' that is actually random, dumb, irrelevant humour which will appeal to the lowest common denominator. It's the go-to structure for lazy mainstream comedies today.

Do you remember intelligent, well written spy/agent comedies such as Pink Panther, Naked Gun or more recently Red and The Kingsman? Well you won’t find anything remotely similar here! It’s shocking Spy is being praised as ‘progressive’ and full of ‘belly laughs’. More like ‘formulaic’ and full of **** Despite her tag as the female Kevin James, I gave McCarthy a chance. Despite the trailer looking average, i gave the film a chance. Boy, should i have gone with my instincts.… Expand

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jutt77Oct 29, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoiler Alert! Let's sum it up: Juvenile vulgarity? Check. Predictable writing and humor? Check. Melissa McCarthy in all her typecasted glory? Check. Unbelievably athletic obese women? Check. Dick picks? Check. The old overly stupid men/ smart women cliche? Check. Gay 50cent cameos? Check. Predictable plot? Check. Incredibly unintelligent? Check. Complete waste of 2 hours? Check.

If you've been waiting for a vulgar version of "Mall Cop" then your wait is over. Spy is truly deserving of a single star.… Expand

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Maxilla328May 14, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Easily one of the dumbest movies I've seen. Melissa is pathetic, the action is boring & the movie is corny scene after corny scene. A movie that should not exist.… Expand

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SombreJun 4, 2021

The movie is so bad. Rather than trying to make a good movie, the director choose, again, to bring feminist fight on the screen. In this movie, if you are an ugly woman, you make awesome stuff. If you are a beautiful woman, you do crap stuff.The movie is so bad. Rather than trying to make a good movie, the director choose, again, to bring feminist fight on the screen. In this movie, if you are an ugly woman, you make awesome stuff. If you are a beautiful woman, you do crap stuff. If you are a man, you can't make great stuff, you will fail or be saved by an ugly woman. All along the movie, men make sexual harassement on the woman "hero". For the rest, it's just bad written, it's boring. Only the first scene is nice, when you see the spy and his agent (a "normal" person) working together to make the mission successful. They should have work on that. I was out of the movie when the "normal" person started to act like a superhero. It was 3 painfull hours. I almost regret to have watching this crap. I didn't enjoy the movie. It's a bad spy movie. Don't waste your time here. Those great actor skills are wasted in this movie.… Expand

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nosmaJun 3, 2016

Someone compared Spy to Mall Cop. No I don't think so. I enjoyed Paul Bart Mall Cop it was funny it was cute heartwarming family entertainment. Spy is unnecessarily vulgar and graphic, none of it amusing and once again McCarthy is just overSomeone compared Spy to Mall Cop. No I don't think so. I enjoyed Paul Bart Mall Cop it was funny it was cute heartwarming family entertainment. Spy is unnecessarily vulgar and graphic, none of it amusing and once again McCarthy is just over the top. Rose Byrne was a huge disappointment. I really wanted to like the movie I had high hopes but it was just too noisy, unfunny and underwhelming.… Expand

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brieflyJun 11, 2015

Save your money. Seriously. Unless you find silly physical humor funny -- and some do -- this is just another in a series of moronic, obvious comedies with the overrated MM.

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GreatMartinJun 5, 2015

There isn’t a crude word and/or gesture that I don’t know and have used at one time or another in my lifetime but I am from the ‘old school’ of being a gentleman who doesn’t curse in front of a woman or give someone ‘the finger’. I avoidThere isn’t a crude word and/or gesture that I don’t know and have used at one time or another in my lifetime but I am from the ‘old school’ of being a gentleman who doesn’t curse in front of a woman or give someone ‘the finger’. I avoid films with Adam Sandler and his ilk because they are guaranteed to have curse words, vagina and penis jokes, a foot in someone’s crotch and other things that appeal to the naughty 14 year old boy who secretly looks at the pictures in Playboy.

I admired Melissa McCarthy in “St. Vincent” where she was a supporting player in a quiet role and I have enjoyed her in “Mike and Molly” her television series where she is funny without the vulgarity of the ‘boys’. It was first in “Bridesmaids” where she started her way on to stardom and each movie after that had her getting more and more raunchy and in “Spy” she has reached her lowest.

McCarthy seems to be very comfortable with her body and can give and take fat jokes like the professional comedian she is but in “Spy” she curses more than any man, constantly hits guys in the crotch, vomits on someone and is vulgar from beginning to end. This is suppose to be a comedy, a spy spoof, a take off of James Bond’s films and yet I didn’t find anything funny in the film and, except for 3 audience members who laughed from beginning to the end even at very not funny scenes, no one else found it funny either.

“Spy” is full of unnecessary violence and in too many scenes it is very obvious that doubles were used and not for humorous purposes.

It is always good to see Jude Law and he is fine in this film but Bobby Cannavale, in my opinion, gives his first really bad acting job. Rose Byrne’s role and acting is cringe inducing at parts and Allison Janney continues giving good support in movies while Jason Statham and Peter Serafinowicz have very odd roles that should be funny but they strain too much. Miranda Hart takes a stereotypical role and does her best with it.

The writing and directing by Paul Feig is a mess, all over the place, and I hope somewhere he acknowledges the writers of “Criminal Minds” and gives them big thank you for the way he wrote the relationship between Jude and Melissa which is almost word for word for the characters played by Shemar Moore and Kirsten Vangsness.

It is predicted that “Spy” will be a big hit for Melissa McCarthy but I would like to see her use her comedic talent without relying on all the vulgarity. I do not recommend the movie as either a comedy or a thriller or a film to see.… Expand

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foxgroveJun 17, 2015

After a promising and funny opening with Jude Law doing his 007 bit, this Bond parody degenerates into a witless farrago. The movie aims for the lowest common denominator and hits the bulls eye as it does have obvious commercial appeal.After a promising and funny opening with Jude Law doing his 007 bit, this Bond parody degenerates into a witless farrago. The movie aims for the lowest common denominator and hits the bulls eye as it does have obvious commercial appeal. However, it is more offensive for that very fact than for the propensity of four letter words that are tiresomely uttered in almost every line of dialogue. This excuse for a screenplay seems as if it has been written by a ten year old who has just learnt how to swear. It is disgracefully unfunny and this constant use of expletives is a sign of desperation which only succeeds in insulting an ‘Intelligent’ audience. It’s sad to find actors like Jude Law and Rose Byrne complicit in this junk. On the other hand Melissa McCarthy is in her element. She is actually a good enough comedienne but this material is, as Miranda Hart rather aptly puts it ‘extraordinarily out of her league’. Miranda Hart, herself, is just embarrassing. Hopefully, this will abort any further chances she may have had of a Hollywood career. Ditto Jason Statham who should recognise his limitations and stick to his unambitious, and usually not very good, action movies. He is way out of his depth here attempting comedy.
The movie also feels very disjointed with scenes created just to hang the limp and unfunny jokes on. If it wasn’t for the opening couple of sequences involving Law this would have warranted a zero from me. The only other praise I will offer is to the music score which deserves to be appreciated lacing a more accomplished film.… Expand

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TrueWOPRJun 18, 2015

I was dragged into this movie so to be fair I have to say that "going in I didn't want to see it"
Now allow me to sum up the entire experience.
"Look guys, she's fat! HAHAHAHAHA! This is funny because we're fat too!" Well, I'm not fat,I was dragged into this movie so to be fair I have to say that "going in I didn't want to see it"
Now allow me to sum up the entire experience.
"Look guys, she's fat! HAHAHAHAHA! This is funny because we're fat too!"
Well, I'm not fat, and I find it appalling that this movie tries to appeal to the audience through a one dimensional "look she's fat" character. No better than Paul Blart Mall Cop (the first one) to be completely honest.… Expand

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xstuff123xJul 9, 2015

Do you like movies with Melissa McCarthy in it? If yes: then you'll like this movie, if no: then you will not like this movie. It's as simple as that really. Personally, I don't like Melissa McCarthy, so I really didn't like this movie.Do you like movies with Melissa McCarthy in it? If yes: then you'll like this movie, if no: then you will not like this movie. It's as simple as that really. Personally, I don't like Melissa McCarthy, so I really didn't like this movie.

The film is suppose to be a spoof on spy movies, but the thing, I don't think the director of this movie really understands what a spoof is. Sure, the movie goes through about every spy-movie cliche within the first 10 minutes, but it's all done in a straight-faced serious way. There is a handful of interesting moments, but for the amount of absolute garbage that surrounds these interesting moments, there really isn't enough here for me to recommend this movie.

Beyond the whole spy parts of this movie, we have Melissa McCarthy trying to be funny.... and that's it. That's all this movie has to offer.

Like I said earlier, if you are into this sort of 7-pm-American-cable-TV-comedy (which attempts to appeal to as large of an audience as possible and in doing so removes any resemblance of character or personality said show might have) then this movie is just for you. Otherwise, just don't watch this movie.… Expand

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moviemomAug 14, 2015

Good grief. This just got so boring the 2nd half. It's sad what works for laughs. Are we all 10 year olds? but the 2nd half was just dullsville as they worked through their plot such as it was.

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TantricSkyJun 23, 2015

"75"? Really? I love Melissa McCarthy and she can make almost anything funny with her unique comic riff but this movie was just plain unfunny. It is a testament to how bad the writing was that even McCarthy couldn't rescue it. A few very"75"? Really? I love Melissa McCarthy and she can make almost anything funny with her unique comic riff but this movie was just plain unfunny. It is a testament to how bad the writing was that even McCarthy couldn't rescue it. A few very good laughs but 90% just plain not funny. This is one of those movies where you wonder what the writers and the people who allowed the script to go to production were thinking. Actually, it was probably Melissa McCarthy = $.… Expand

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i73Jun 22, 2015

I'll be honest, it was more funny than I thought it would be at first. I laughed a few times and to be honest that is extremely rare to find in a movie seeing how I have a level 110 tolerance to laughing ring that I equip to go see movies.I'll be honest, it was more funny than I thought it would be at first. I laughed a few times and to be honest that is extremely rare to find in a movie seeing how I have a level 110 tolerance to laughing ring that I equip to go see movies.
Don't expect much more than stupid comedy.… Expand

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robozotSep 3, 2015

The film was ugly as sin, the jokes were very often pee-pee/poo poo level, the lead actress was amusing but not particularly funny, the british sidekick was depressing... For a comedy, it was shocking how much this looked and played likeThe film was ugly as sin, the jokes were very often pee-pee/poo poo level, the lead actress was amusing but not particularly funny, the british sidekick was depressing... For a comedy, it was shocking how much this looked and played like straight-up trash. My wife thought it was even worse. Bette Midler, where are you -- all is forgiven!… Expand

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BarnyJun 6, 2016

The photography, lights, costume and make-up are decent (hence the 1), the acting is forced and the jokes are... the kind of perpetrated by the (sadly unfunny) kid who tries far too hard to be admired in the schoolyard. About the story andThe photography, lights, costume and make-up are decent (hence the 1), the acting is forced and the jokes are... the kind of perpetrated by the (sadly unfunny) kid who tries far too hard to be admired in the schoolyard. About the story and the characters... I do not know, they leave nothing to the imagination, they are incredibly shallow, as it seems the actors were forced to stick to the script. Whilst I laughed or winced at other movies with Melissa McCarty, this one failed to generate any emotion, it is bland, unsavoury.… Expand

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