
The number of laughs I got allowed me to ignore such missteps, resulting in a jolly romp superior to the passable but inferior "Get Smart" I watched earlier this year. In this case it’s Dave Bautista who is CIA agent JJ and Chloe Coleman as Sophie.
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There are a few drawbacks, particularly how McCarthy is established as a shy presence who can be overwhelmed by a situation, but almost immediately transforms into a deadly weapon more skilled than dozens of highly paid and experienced killers even though her last taste of field training was 10 years ago. Your customizable and curated collection of the best in trusted news plus coverage of sports, entertainment, money, weather, travel, health and lifestyle, combined with Outlook/Hotmail, Facebook. My Spy takes a longtime trope in children’s film by hooking up a little kid with an adult.

Not to be outdone either in the expletive arena is Jason Statham, hilariously lampooning his own action hero persona as a spy who has killed a thousand enemies, lost and re-attached several of his own limbs, and died several times.

Finally, an American action/comedy that gets the tone just about right, not too serious and not too silly (well, almost.) Melissa McCarthy shows she can pull her weight in a lead role, and speaking of which what a relief that we are spared from enduring a parade of fat jokes - imagine that, you can still be funny without taking cheap shots! Hats off to Paul Feig! Rated a hard 'R' for language, would be a close call who has the highest number of fucks:wordcount ratio, McCarthy or Rose Byrne in a cracking portrayal as the Eva Green-like evil uberbitch. Filmmaker Kenneth Branagh’s poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s.
