Spy

Plot: Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) works in the CIA as a computer-based fixer, like Augie on Covert Affairs, but more like Tank in The Matrix. When agents get outed, she has to go on field assignment, and gradually becomes a bad-ass. She tracks down a nuke, and tries to bring in the black market bad-guys selling it including Rayne (Rose Byrne). She gets help from fellow spooks played by Jason Statham, Jude Law and Miranda Hart. After double-crosses and triple-crosses Cooper saves the world using girl-power. [imdb]    [photos]

Review: Spy is a spoof of a spy movie from the James Bond-like intro montage to spies-in-bed ending. It's not just that Melissa is a fat girl doing cool spy moves -- it is also that cool spy moves are kinda silly already. 

Melissa McCarthy is great. She is both relate-able and over-the-top. She is insecure, and a big time striver. 

I liked Jason Statham who is always trying to prove how macho he is -- very funny and way over the top. 

Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jason Statham, Jude Law, Miranda Hart.

Directed by: Paul Feig

The Music: Great. I loved the big Bond-like opening song Who Can You Trust  by Ivy Levan. It recalls the Goldfinger theme by Shirley Bassey. Ivy's got the big voice. During the music, there is a spoof of a Bond-like open. 

The Visuals: Nothing special.

Rating: 3.0 stars: Fun.

More: So its funny, but is it a great movie. Does it have any other themes besides fat girl makes good? No not really. Maybe it does not need that. At bottom this is a summer comedy not an Oscar contender. 

Even More: Stay for the blooper after the end credits. The end credit graphics are kind-of entertaining anyway.