Spy

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Spy

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2015

1h 55m

Comedy

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Despite having solid field training, CIA analyst Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) has spent her entire career as a desk jockey, working hand-in-hand with dashing agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law). Using high-tech equipment and a hidden earpiece, Susan is the guardian angel who helps Bradley avoid danger. However, when Bradley is assassinated by Bulgarian arms dealer Rayna Boyanov (Rose Byrne), Susan wrangles her way into her first undercover assignment to help capture Boyanov and avenge Bradley.

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Critics Consensus

Simultaneously broad and progressive, Spy offers further proof that Melissa McCarthy and writer-director Paul Feig bring out the best in one another -- and delivers scores of belly laughs along the way.

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Rebecca Olson

Bitch Media

Spy is a smart and uplifting film - one that's finally worthy of Melissa McCarthy's comedic genius.

Jan 28, 2021

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Max Weiss

Baltimore Magazine

Spy is many things: A clever spoof. A chance for Melissa McCarthy and her co-stars to strut their comedic chops. An international romp. It's also a pretty darn engaging spy film. It's about a woman leaning in and finding her inner Bond.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 10, 2016

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

At its core, this action-packed, globe-trotting, gender-switched Bond spoof is about lookism.

May 28, 2016

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

"Spy" feels like one of those movies that is funny the first time and lasts for that one dose, but won't be something you'll revisit and likely something you'll regret you really liked five or ten years down the road.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 31, 2025

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

By those very meager standards, Spy will just about do the job: it looks like someone’s in control, it’s not gratuitously offensive towards the marginalized, it has the guts to get violent and get an unexpected laugh via a jolt...

Jan 23, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

If you want something fresh, intelligent, and outside of the modern norm good luck finding it here.

Rated: 1.5/5

Aug 25, 2022

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Pat D

The first requirement of a movie like this is to make me laugh and this worked pretty well on that front. There were lots of f-words and crude jokes but they were no too over the top, even for my wife. We'd just watched all 24 Bond movies so it was fun seeing a tubby woman replicating Bond's moves- crazy fast car chases but driving a motor scooter instead of an Aston Martin, rushing up stairs into obvious danger, escaping from impossible situations, going into Ritzy places as if she owned them. It even had a plot of sorts and a few surprises, so that was a bonus. Spy is to any Bond movie, as Galaxy Quest is to any Star Trek movie. If that makes sense to you, you'll enjoy Spy.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/30/25

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Janet D

Another great Melissa McCarthy movie!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/15/25

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alan G.

Horrible film with second rate actors and third rate acting.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/24/25

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Nanci L

Jason gets a chance to stretch and demonstrate his excellent comic "chops". This was my first exposure to him and I have since become a huge fan! Great movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/14/25

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Rich X

Outstanding!! A really excellent romp in this humorous action packed movie. Just a lot of fun with fabulous characters and a good plot.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/13/25

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Rowan R

Loved it. Comedy, action, Melissa McCarthy? Checks all of my boxes.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/04/25

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Synopsis

Despite having solid field training, CIA analyst Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) has spent her entire career as a desk jockey, working hand-in-hand with dashing agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law). Using high-tech equipment and a hidden earpiece, Susan is the guardian angel who helps Bradley avoid danger. However, when Bradley is assassinated by Bulgarian arms dealer Rayna Boyanov (Rose Byrne), Susan wrangles her way into her first undercover assignment to help capture Boyanov and avenge Bradley.

Director: Paul Feig
Producer: Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Paul Feig, Jessie Henderson
Screenwriter: Paul Feig
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Greenery Studios, Twentieth Century Fox, Feigco Entertainment, Chernin Entertainment
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Brief Graphic Nudity|Some Sexual Content|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 5, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 4, 2015
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos

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