Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency’s most dangerous missions. But when her partner (Jude Law) falls off the grid and another top agent (Jason Statham) is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a global disaster.
Spy is the funniest thing to happen to the espionage genre since Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Like Mike Myers’ surreal and goofy hit, Spy has an impeccable understanding of how a secret agent story is supposed to unfold, and it follows the expected beats… for the most part. But Spy consistently holds its material up to the light and approaches it from new angles, wondering what can be funny about a genre that usually takes itself way too seriously.