The Spy Who Dumped Me

"They got this."

2018 1h 57m EN

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6.4

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49%

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METACRITIC

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6.1

IMDB

★6.4TMDB · 2,429🥫49%Rotten Tomatoes●52Metacritic★6.1IMDB · 85,958

ComedyActionAdventure

Synopsis

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A couple of thirtysomething best friends unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail.

“They got this.”

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Cast

Mila Kunis
Audrey
Kate McKinnon
Morgan
Justin Theroux
Drew
Sam Heughan
Sebastian
Lolly Adefope
Tess
Dustin Demri-Burns
Viktor
Hasan Minhaj
Duffer
Mirjam Novak
Verne

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Susanna Fogel
Writers: Susanna Fogel, David Iserson
Languages: English, French, German, Lithuanian, Russian
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 84% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 5 languages: English, French, German, Lithuanian, Russian.

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4 / 8

CAST

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

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Susanna Fogel, shot by Barry Peterson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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8 / 8

CAST

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Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon and Justin Theroux carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Susanna Fogel directs. Barry Peterson behind the camera. Tyler Bates scores. Jonathan Schwartz cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, French, German, Lithuanian, Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 84% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 8 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 5 languages: English, French, German, Lithuanian, Russian.
4219+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Susanna Fogel, shot by Barry Peterson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Tyler Bates. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Jonathan Schwartz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon and Justin Theroux carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "They got this.".
10IMDB entry: tt6663582 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 10 themes, including "berlin, germany", "paris, france", "spy", "prague, czech republic".

The technical file

Cinematography: Barry Peterson
Original score: Tyler Bates
Editing: Jonathan Schwartz
Production design: Marc Homes
Costume design: Alex Bovaird
Makeup / hair: Csilla Blake-Horváth
Sound: Anna Behlmer
Stunt coordinator: Domonkos Párdányi
Runtime: 117 min · 1h 57m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $40,000,000
Box office: $33,562,069
Return: 84% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes: 49% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 52/100
IMDB rating: 6.1/10 · 85,958 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

3 wins & 4 nominations total

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Steve Parker2018-08-13
★ 7/10
Nothing new but still a delight.
Gimly2019-01-20
★ 5/10
Not good, for sure, but way exceeded my expectations. Final rating:★★½ - Not quite for me, but I definitely get the appeal.
Peter McGinn2023-01-28
★ 8/10
I suspect I enjoyed this movie than most people. I tend not to watch spy movies or action films if I can help it. Most of the time when I do, it is because they have a humorous slant. This one certainly has that. As with most serious action movies these days, however, there is a rather large body count here, to the point where it seems almost cartoonish, as if the dead people all are going to spring up and go fetch an anvil or stick of dynamite or something to try to finish off the coyote (Wait a minute, don’t a couple of characters actually do that?). The two main characters have a great chemistry and play off each other well. If I had read a description first, I would have guessed that Kate McKinnon would be the dumped character, but she is wonderful in the loose cannon role of Morgan, so there was a correct move. To a lesser extent this film also serves as a pastiche of the tried and true “Don’t trust anybody” serious spy films. And it is a rom-com also, though a rather abnormal one. There are a few holes in the plot, such as Morgan using a cell phone shortly after stomping both of their phones to death at the airport, but sometimes you just have to let the art flow over you, as Nick says in The Big Chill. (“I think the guy in the hat did something terrible.”) And no, it isn’t believable that these two women would have such an instant instinct for mayhem and murder, but if details like that don’t keep you from enjoying it, perhaps you need to gather a few of your most fun friends, buy a 12-pack, and start watching.