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TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Presents

 

A CHERNIN ENTERTAINMENT /

FEIGCO ENTERTAINMENT Production

  

 

 

SPY

Susan Cooper Undercover

© 2015 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Review by dalia di giacomo + PRODUCTION NOTES

 

  WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
PAUL FEIG

MELISSA McCARTHY

JASON STATHAM

JUDE LAW

ROSE BYRNE

MIRANDA HART

WITH

CURTIS "50 CENT" JACKSON

Music by

THEODORE SHAPIRO



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Funny , crazy, adventurous!

This is a nice movie, full of action: it's thriller and  funny comedy at the same time. Charming, self -ironic and hilarious. To watch this movie is a sparkling way to spend an evening. This movie is also varied in location, but it is shot primarily in Budapest, Hungary, which also doubles for Rome and Paris!!!

The deskbound CIA analyst Susan Cooper controls dangerous missions yet she seems to be quite awkward in her normal life, but when her partner Bradley Fine (Jude Law) seems lost and  agent Rick Ford is compromised (Jason Statham), she decides to help in first person abandoning her desk and  becoming an undercover agent in order to bring on Fine`s work and to prevent a terrible disaaster . Her first spy mission begins, insecurities and doubts must be dropped down. Says McCarthy:  “Susan’s always had ability, and is great technically and tactically, but she lacked confidence. Now her field experiences and loyalty to Jude’s character, Bradley Fine, begin to bring out her full potential. She discovers talents she didn’t know she had.” The protagonist is indeed a capable but underestimated person who  finally gets an opportunity to shine. Absolutely funny is Jason Statham's character, egocentric but lovely the one interpreted by Jude Law : Bradley Fine.

Photography is very ok and colorful. Related to this I find this technical information very interesting: Director of photography Robert Yeoman uses small GoPro cameras to simulate the imagery delivered by the contact lens camera, letting the audience see exactly what Susan is viewing on her monitor. Says Law: “When Fine’s on the frontlines, Coop is telling him where to go, who’s following him, the nearest escape route. His life is in her hands.” During his actions "spy" Fine wears indeed special contact lenses that act as a camera.

Cool ar the fights in caves excavated under Buda (Budapest), as well as the comical yet violent  confrontation in a restaurant kitchen, as well as the drive in Rome, or the hotel in Paris. Everything is funny, some scenes are  predictable though  or even too crazy and improbable, but all  this doesn`t spoil the fun.

Copper can infiltrate the world of the bad guys, yet this world is presented to us as a glossy carousel: memorable are the scene  at Hungarian Club Nomad, a hip dance  venue for the rich and young.  50 Cent is on the stage performing. Nancy, interpreted by Miranda Hart (Cooper's colleague and best friend) must create a diversion, because Coper must keep certain people from encountering each other. Miranda Hart explains, “Nancy needs to distract eyes away from the dance floor, so she rushes the stage and tackles 50 Cent. Just plows him over. 50 Cent himself confirms “Miranda hit me like a linebacker. I was prepared to sort of fake fall when she made contact, but no fakery was required. I found myself on the ground.

Spy is also the first movie allowed to film inside allowed to film inside Budapest’s Four Season’s Gresham Palace: an example of Art Nouveau and one of Europe’s mo.

Not bad, isn`t ;) ?

8,5/10

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