Surprisingly, after all the botched-up and crippled comedies of late, Melissa McCarthy managed to make Spy even better than Bridesmaids.
Written and directed by Paul Feig, and with another group of strong players, Spy has turned out some very funny stuff; and not just in the trailers. The action bits were spot on, and the funny bits were funny. And I was more impressed with the subtle ones that were never over played, especially by Allison Janney.
Testament to how funny the setup was, that scene in the trailer where McCarthy fell over the scooter, I was still laughing at the entire scene even when I knew it was coming. That's how good Feig has become.
Jude Law was brilliant. However, some directions from Feig I didn't agree with. Certain shots cut to him were awkwardly edited. Morena Baccarin was eye candy. Even though her scenes were short, I thought she made the right choice to join this movie; just to get her face out there a bit more before Deadpool comes out.
But it was Jason Statham that always almost stole scenes from McCarthy. He played a bumbling fool instead of his usual tough guy routine, which was super refreshing. His back-and-forth with McCarthy were some of the gold moments in this entire movie.
Also, the chemistry between the ladies, Janney, Miranda Hart and Rose Byrne were fantastic to watch. Even though Byrne was on the other side playing the villain, her chemistry with McCarthy played off each other to bring out the humour every single time.
Ben Falcone, McCarthy's husband, had a small but hilarious cameo. You have to recognise that it's her husband in order to achieve maximum funny effect.
But for a comedy, it went on for too long. Feig needs to recognise that his style of movies need not last that long. Comedies like these should never be near to 120 minutes. Bridesmaids was 125 minutes, while Spy was 120 minutes. And Spy got lethargic as well.
Still, for a popcorn, silly action flick, this was very well done.
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