After breaking up with her spy-boyfriend Drew (Justin Theroux), Audrey (Mila Kunis) travels to Vienna with her best friend Morgan (Kate McKinnon). Their escapade entails evading the dangers that lurk at every corner as Nadedja (Ivanna Sakhno), a former Soviet gymnast-turned-assassin pursues them.
The Spy Who Dumped Me Film Review
The movie doesn’t waste any time in getting into the thick of things. Although, flashbacks and inconsistent pacing mar its rhythm. While that is not going to be a problem for most viewers, the true spy comedy aficionados might not be quite so pleased with it.
There are just about two scenes in the entire film involving a confrontation between the accidental spies and Nadedja. One of them takes place in a dilapidated arena while the other around a Cirque du Soliel show. Apart from that, there is a brief encounter at the apartment of a friend of Morgan’s dad. It is hardly surprising that there isn’t a single potent adversary as Audrey and Morgan hog the limelight.
To some extent, the gorgeous settings accompanied by lively music conceal the film’s shortcomings. The action itself is not always riveting with the scene at a café in Vienna being the highlight of the movie. That one scene has enough kick in it to carry the viewers through the other lackluster ones.
There are one too many in-your-face moments (mainly involving Kate McKinnon), giving the impression that the director Sussana Fogel was trying a tad too hard to impress. Although McKinnon is in fine form through the movie, she goes overboard in the finale.
Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis do complement each other on screen, but their characters lack consistency. It is as if the director was in a rush to get to the film’s climax, thereby sacrificing on character nuances.
Although a film of this genre does not rely on logic for it to be entertaining, sometimes the characters can come off as a tad too phony. As a result, viewers often disengage with the main characters as they find them disingenuous. Now, that is not particularly good for the movie.
In a movie dominated by the shenanigans of Kate McKinnon, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, the Icelandic actor, seen here as a backpacker here, provides some hilarious moments. Also, Paul Reiser and Jane Curtin playing Kate McKinnon’s parents are amusing in their brief appearance. Sam Heughan who plays an MI6 agent doesn’t disappoint either. Justin Theroux as Drew the spy-lover of Audrey does his bit although he too doesn’t have much screentime.
All in all, if you can leave your thinking cap back home, The Spy Who Dumped Me will entertain you just about enough not to regret watching it. Although, not much is over here that will linger in your mind for long.
The Spy Who Dumped Me film review rates The Spy Who Dumped Me 
(3 / 5)
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