Spy

"She's a risk they had to take."

2015 2h 0m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 6,557

ActionComedyCrime

Synopsis

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A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.

“She's a risk they had to take.”

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Cast

Melissa McCarthy
Susan Cooper
Rose Byrne
Raina Boyanov
Jason Statham
Rick Ford
Jude Law
Bradley Fine
Miranda Hart
Nancy B. Artingstall
Allison Janney
Elaine Crocker
Bobby Cannavale
Sergio De Luca
Peter Serafinowicz
Aldo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Paul Feig
Writers: Paul Feig, Peter Haragos, Patrick Campbell
Languages: German, English, French, Italian
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Mid-budget at $65M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.6× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: German, English, French, Italian.

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5 / 8

CAST

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283+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Paul Feig, shot by Robert D. Yeoman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Theodore Shapiro. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Brent White shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Paul Feig directs. Robert D. Yeoman behind the camera. Theodore Shapiro scores. Brent White cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in German, English, French, Italian.

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1Mid-budget at $65M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 3.6× over at the box office.
3Released 11 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 4 languages: German, English, French, Italian.
5283+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Paul Feig, shot by Robert D. Yeoman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Theodore Shapiro. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Brent White shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Melissa McCarthy and Rose Byrne and Jason Statham carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "She's a risk they had to take.".
11IMDB entry: tt3079380 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 23 themes, including "central intelligence agency (cia)", "budapest, hungary", "paris, france", "undercover agent".

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert D. Yeoman
Original score: Theodore Shapiro
Editing: Brent White
Production design: Jefferson Sage
Makeup / hair: Debra Denson
VFX supervisor: Sean Findley
Sound: Beau Borders
Stunt coordinator: Henry Kingi Jr.
Runtime: 120 min · 2h 0m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $65,000,000
Box office: $235,666,219
Return: 363% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Spy (2015)

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Reno2015-10-24
★ 7.5/10
A redefined wonderful spy movie. I know Melissa McCarthy since 'Gilmore Girls', but never thought she would rise this far, especially to dominate in a movie with the presence of the big names around her, that too in an action film equivalent to top quality. She's one of my favourite actresses, even I enjoyed thoroughly her under-appreciated 'Tammy'. So this is where the action stars become comedians and comedians action stars. Indeed, it worked out so well. It shames comedy-spy flicks like 'The Pink Panther', 'Johnny English' etc. From the director of 'The Heat', helmed another perfect female oriented comedy. Jude Law was a decent as usual, but Jason Statham was unbelievably awesome in his tiny part. I had plenty of good laughs, the loud ones after a long time. I still remember the unicorn joke and I can't stop laughing. And roof over a bike, gadgets and so on... I find Melissa McCarthy's line deliverance are so funny and I enjoy her films specially for that reason. I know they used a stunt double and blue/green screens in the crucial segments for a better result. But still she excelled in all stunt sequences that required physically herself in front of the camera. One of the trivia says, after the end of each day shooting, she looked like fell down an elevator shaft. Her hard work definitely paid off very well. There are lots of adult oriented comedy, so strictly it is for grownups only and may be matured teens. I'll be definitely disappointed if they won't make a sequel for this. If they do, I hope they retain all the cast, especially Statham along the lead actress. And finally I'm looking forward the director-actress's the third collaboration, 'Ghostbusters'. 7½/10
Gimly2018-09-08
★ 4/10
These things are really, really not for me. I found a couple of laughs in Statham's role but beyond that Spy did nothing for me. I know folks who do enjoy this, and other Feig/McCarthy films, but I genuinely do not understand the appeal, maybe Spy is better than the others, maybe not, but it did absolutely nothing to turn me around on these collabs. Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
SigTheMan2019-11-07
★ 9/10
I have just got to say that I am a bit biased, simply because I love this movie. Jason Statham and Melissa McCarthy are awesome together in their roles, and even though Jude Law does a decent job as well, this movie is all about Melissa and Jason to me. I find the language of the character of Jason Statham to be very ugly, but still, it is needed to make his character be in the way it is supposed to be. And to be honest, he is completely hilarious! Melissa is something very similar, and she is perfect for her role as an analyst that has to work undercover, taking the place of all other agents whose identities have been revealed to the "enemy". You will get lots of reasons to laugh throughout the movie, and it is incredibly easy to enjoy every second. <h3>A little warning</h3> You should be warned though... if you like this kind of humor, it is awesome. But, if you like to eat lemon and feel angry when people behave in stupid ways in movies (like in Mr. Bean and in Dumb and Dumber), this is most likely not a movie for you! But, if you like crazy humor, you should go ahead and watch this movie - it is pure gold!