Film Review: The Spy Who Dumped Me
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Cert: 15 cert
Director: Susanna Fogel
Screenwriter: Susanna Fogel, David Iserson
Starring: Justin Theroux, Blanka Györfi-Tóth, Vilma Szécsi, Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Lolly Adefope, Dustin Demri-Burns, David Iserson, Sam Heughan, Hasan Minhaj, Peter Schueller, Mirjam Novak, Ágnes Bánfalvy, László Áron, Kev Adams
Running time: 1h 57min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
Violence & Gore:
Profanity:
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
Frightening/Intense Scenes: There are a Few scenes that kind of push this film to 18 certifications, few scenes not suitable for anyone under 17 years of ages.
Story: Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon), two thirty-year-old best friends in Los Angeles, are thrust unexpectedly into an international conspiracy when Audrey's ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail. Surprising even themselves, the duo jump into action, on the run throughout Europe from assassins and a suspicious-but-charming British agent, as they hatch a plan to save the world.
Likes: Looking at the trailer your probably thinking Click flick, well kind of is and kind of not, it kind of a 50 / 50 mixture of something for the lads and something for the ladies type of film. By now you probably have seen most of the reviews for this film some good some bad, but it a little underrated as the film does have some entertainment value in places where you do find your self-laughing from time to time.
Do I believe the film is flawed? Yes because there are a few things in the film that I will explain on the dislikes, but overall this film is still entertaining for a one time watch. I didn't notice that there was some chemistry between the beautiful Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon, although im not over keen on Kate Mckinnon acting she done pretty well at playing the crazy best friend.
The music was well placed in the car chases and action scene, which for a 15 cert film, kind of pushed it to that 18 certifications, especial a lot of scene with the violence. Mila Kunis perfect performance as always play a woman who has a bit of a rough life met someone you hardly know, which end up tale-spinning her life in danger, her performance is believable in a seamy soft James bond style movie.
The car chase and fight scene are brilliantly chorographs with great stunt work, with good casting. The film as a whole isnt too bad, but it a film that struggles a bit with its story at the time, but not a film I would rush out to see.
Dislikes: Not that Kate McKinnon is a good actress, but she seems to be a stereotype in everything I see her in with the overacting crazy person, it comes off sometimes through the film unfunny, which does bring the film down in comedy, although there were moments that the film is funny.
The biggest flaw with this film is you don't know if you should take the film seriously or take it as a comedy it seems to have this confusion of identity where the film was trying to be serious but also be funny its just didn't work here. There isnt the actress's or the cast fault, this is down to bad screenwriting because sometimes the way the writing is don, it makes comedy and action not work so well together which is what happens with this film.
I do feel like if this had been better written this would have worked better, even though the film is entertaining on some level so it not bad to the point void the film, it just bad in certain areas of the film where other areas are good.
Overall: Not a bad film, Solid acting, great action, entertaining but slightly feels off.
Rating: 5 out of 5 for Entertainment / 8 out of 10 for the concept
Cert: 15 cert
Director: Susanna Fogel
Screenwriter: Susanna Fogel, David Iserson
Starring: Justin Theroux, Blanka Györfi-Tóth, Vilma Szécsi, Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Lolly Adefope, Dustin Demri-Burns, David Iserson, Sam Heughan, Hasan Minhaj, Peter Schueller, Mirjam Novak, Ágnes Bánfalvy, László Áron, Kev Adams
Running time: 1h 57min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
- There are two scenes of nudity in this film which show either buttocks and/or genitalia. At least one of these scenes shows full male genitalia. There are no scenes at all showing female genitalia.
- Audrey and Morgan have many conversations about their sex lives, love interests and boyfriends.
- Many jokes are made about sexual inexperience, losing one's virginity, promiscuity, genitalia (including a graphically violent one about men's bodies), porn stars, oral sex and contracting sexually transmitted diseases (such as HPV).
- Morgan has a one-night stand with a hyper-sexualized man she meets at a bar.
- He uses crude language to discuss the female anatomy.
- He also runs into a room naked, where we see full nudity from the front and back.
- Morgan talks about receiving pictures of a man's genitals.
- A plot point involves the women discussing how they've used their own anatomy to hide a flash drive.
- A woman talks about a strange dream involving sex.
- Morgan jokes about dying from toxic shock syndrome.
- There's conversation about how someone's antidepressant medication affects libido.
- Audrey gets seduced by a CIA agent who forces her into a van for questioning.
- Morgan gets caught in a compromising situation where a man is verbally aggressive and shows signs of sadomasochistic tendencies (as evidenced by a painting he has in which a man appears to be inflicting pain on a woman).
- Morgan brags about attracting older men.
- Women wear revealing outfits (such as bikinis, bras and underwear), and men go shirtless.
- Characters kiss on the cheek.
- Extremely gratuitous and graphic male nudity including extended full front with male genitalia fully visible. No female nudity.
Violence & Gore:
- We see some gruesome moments (including someone's neck being snapped and another person being run over by a bus, among many others) and plenty of explosions.
- Grenades are thrown, buildings are blown to smithereens, cars are used as weapons and many other things "go boom."
- People are shot in the face, chest and other body parts, and we see blood sprayed and smeared on people and surfaces.
- Most of those shot are apparently killed.
- Other violent imagery includes people being graphically stabbed in various body parts.
- Dead bodies get stashed in bathtubs and tossed into the water.
- Hand-to-hand fighting shows men and women being body slammed, kicked and bashed.
- One man is drowned in hot fondue; another's thumb is cut off and used to log into his phone.
- A woman jokingly mentions a suicide bomber.
- Audrey and Morgan sarcastically and crudely comment on killing themselves and others.
Profanity:
- The f-word is heard nearly 50 times, while the s-word is used more than 10 times.
- God's name is misused nearly 20 times.
- Jesus' name is abused twice.
- Other vulgarities and name-calling include "a--hole," "b--ch" and "skank."
- We see a crude hand gesture several times
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
- People drink hard liquor, beer and wine at bars and social events.
- At one point, both women are drugged: Audrey's drink is laced with a drug, while Morgan is tranquillized.
- A woman recalls her experience with cocaine.
- A driver tells his passengers that he's high on meth.
- A man jokingly mentions marijuana.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: There are a Few scenes that kind of push this film to 18 certifications, few scenes not suitable for anyone under 17 years of ages.
Story: Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon), two thirty-year-old best friends in Los Angeles, are thrust unexpectedly into an international conspiracy when Audrey's ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail. Surprising even themselves, the duo jump into action, on the run throughout Europe from assassins and a suspicious-but-charming British agent, as they hatch a plan to save the world.
Likes: Looking at the trailer your probably thinking Click flick, well kind of is and kind of not, it kind of a 50 / 50 mixture of something for the lads and something for the ladies type of film. By now you probably have seen most of the reviews for this film some good some bad, but it a little underrated as the film does have some entertainment value in places where you do find your self-laughing from time to time.
Do I believe the film is flawed? Yes because there are a few things in the film that I will explain on the dislikes, but overall this film is still entertaining for a one time watch. I didn't notice that there was some chemistry between the beautiful Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon, although im not over keen on Kate Mckinnon acting she done pretty well at playing the crazy best friend.
The music was well placed in the car chases and action scene, which for a 15 cert film, kind of pushed it to that 18 certifications, especial a lot of scene with the violence. Mila Kunis perfect performance as always play a woman who has a bit of a rough life met someone you hardly know, which end up tale-spinning her life in danger, her performance is believable in a seamy soft James bond style movie.
The car chase and fight scene are brilliantly chorographs with great stunt work, with good casting. The film as a whole isnt too bad, but it a film that struggles a bit with its story at the time, but not a film I would rush out to see.
Dislikes: Not that Kate McKinnon is a good actress, but she seems to be a stereotype in everything I see her in with the overacting crazy person, it comes off sometimes through the film unfunny, which does bring the film down in comedy, although there were moments that the film is funny.
The biggest flaw with this film is you don't know if you should take the film seriously or take it as a comedy it seems to have this confusion of identity where the film was trying to be serious but also be funny its just didn't work here. There isnt the actress's or the cast fault, this is down to bad screenwriting because sometimes the way the writing is don, it makes comedy and action not work so well together which is what happens with this film.
I do feel like if this had been better written this would have worked better, even though the film is entertaining on some level so it not bad to the point void the film, it just bad in certain areas of the film where other areas are good.
Overall: Not a bad film, Solid acting, great action, entertaining but slightly feels off.
Rating: 5 out of 5 for Entertainment / 8 out of 10 for the concept
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