IMDb plot summary: Best friends Audrey and Morgan unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one of them discovers that the boyfriend who dumped her was actually a spy.
Directed by Susanna Fogel. Starring Kate McKinnon, Mila Kunis, and Justin Theroux.
The Spy Who Dumped Me is an action comedy starring Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon as two best friends who suddenly find themselves in the middle of some international intrigue when Kunis finds out her ex isn't who she thought he was. While there's a lot about this movie that falls a little flat, where it works is in the chemistry between Kunis and McKinnon. They absolutely feel like genuine friends here, with a comfortable dynamic that shows off both of their characters' personalities, and the more heartwarming moments in the movie rely on that dynamic even more than the comedic moments. However, the film is definitely a little mixed in terms of tone, and there are a lot of strange missing steps, where characters who were adamant about something a moment ago now seem like they forgot what they wanted to do. Overall it feels like a film with a good start and a good center that was too rushed and needed a few more passes on the script. I like pieces of it, I just wish the film was... finished.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Spy Who Dumped Me < Le voyage au Groenland
The Spy Who Dumped Me > Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
The Spy Who Dumped Me > The Happiest Millionaire
The Spy Who Dumped Me > The Good Dinosaur
The Spy Who Dumped Me < Home Again
The Spy Who Dumped Me < The Savages
The Spy Who Dumped Me > The Vagabond King
The Spy Who Dumped Me > A Hard Day's Night
The Spy Who Dumped Me < Inland Empire
The Spy Who Dumped Me > Stagecoach
The Spy Who Dumped Me > Rushmore
Final spot: #2178 out of 3966, or 45%.
