The Spy Who Dumped Me – Film Review

Hey, it’s been a while, but I am back with more Somer Valley FM Film Reviews. This time we get over our Ex’s by getting embroiled in some espionage, with The Spy Who Dumped Me.

Drew just dumped Audrey by text, because he is a classy gentleman. In a moment of anger, Audrey and her best friend, Morgan, decide to burn his stuff. However before they can, Drew shows up to reveal that he is a spy. He says that he has some sensitive information that a terrorist organisation want as well as the C.I.A. However when a CIA agent kills Drew in a raid on Audrey’s apartment she and Morgan must get the information to safe hands. Trouble is, the pair don’t know whose hands are safe.

The Spy Who Dumped Me, stars Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon. And to be honest I could have watched an entire film just with these two. The chemistry between them is phenomenal. McKinnon solidifies herself as a massive comedy icon as the wacky Morgan. All the while Kunis matches McKinnon’s manic energy with a more grounded humour. Each moment of the film that enjoyed can be attributed to Kunis’s character arch or a fun one-liner from McKinnon.

However, the narrative feels too big for the characters. We are lead, as the leads are, from one action set piece to another in this elaborate game of keep away. The issue is that there is not a set goal. Once the first objective goes wonky there is never really another one to power the story. The only consistent goal is to stop the bad guy from getting the information, but we don’t know who the bad guy is.

It is unfortunate that the story lets the characters down. McKinnon and Kunis make a wonderful pair and the almost post-credits sequence hints at a possible sequel that could be amazing. But for now, The Spy Who Dumped Me is a great sketch that the writers stretched to almost breaking point.

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