The Spy Who Dumped Me is directed and co-written by Susanna Fogel and stars Mila Kunis as Audrey and Kate McKinnon as Morgan two best friends who end up in a world of trouble when Audrey’s boyfriend (Justin Theroux) is revealed to be a spy but when he is killed the two ladies take up the mission and get into something that could spell doom for the world.
The Spy Who Dumped Me is really good fun and I had a big smile on my face through a lot of it as well as laughing a fair bit at most of the jokes but I want to start with Ms Fogel’s direction and it is sure refreshing to see someone not skimp on the blood in their action scenes as there is quite a bit of it and it was so good to see and also she edits her fight scenes in a way that is exciting and easy to follow while also getting a gag out of them, clearly this movie has been directed by someone who loves action cinema and knows not to skimp on the blood if your going to make one.
And also Ms Kunis and Ms McKinnon play off each other really well here Kunis has been someone I could take or leave but here she is great fun to watch but Ms McKinnon is the real star here as she is the funniest I’ve ever seen her be in a movie here so many of the gags and lines and observations play beautifully in her hands and she has some terrific physical and verbal humour and in her scenes with Gillian Anderson you can totally see her freaking out in hysterical joy in her eyes.
And also I really like how Ms Fogel captures their chemistry on film you really believe that these 2 women are friends, best friends even and the intimacy that comes across in that friendly kind of way comes across in a way that no male director could ever capture so authentically as it would feel like it your observing that kind of close friendship from a distance and that’s okay it feels very refreshing to see this type of thing and I hope there’s more of it in the future.
Sadly where this film does fall down is not having a clearly defined villain to help anchor the story instead it tries to go for the Mission Impossible type of double cross and who’s really who and it doesn’t work as well outside of that series if it had that kind of “This is who we’re up against” villain it would’ve helped the film majorly.
And so that was my review of the Spy Who Dumped Me a fun action comedy with well filmed action that actually values blood, two great heroines and some fun gags and humour, 3 out of 5.
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