![]() ![]() When well-armed invaders burst into their home and gun Drew down right in front of them, Audrey and Morgan realize they must carry out his mission, which takes them to Vienna, Prague, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam and beyond. (What they thought his day job was provides one of the better laughs in the script from Fogel and David Iserson.) But when Audrey’s boyfriend, Drew ( Justin Theroux), dumps her in a text message, the two friends discover he was secretly a spy. Audrey wanders hesitantly through life never finishing what she starts Morgan is a born performer who lives to experience everything. Audrey is a cashier at a Trader Joe’s-type grocery store Morgan is an out-of-work actress. Kunis and McKinnon co-star as Audrey and Morgan, best friends and roommates sharing a modest Los Angeles apartment. As it stands, each woman is little more than a collection of quirks-albeit, amusing ones. But that element would have resonated more powerfully if the characters in question had been better developed. It’s a welcome idea to explore, for sure, especially from a female filmmaker during the male-driven bloat of the summer blockbuster season. Director and co-writer Susanna Fogel has trouble achieving a tonal balance between the comedy and the action, which only grows increasingly glaring over the course of the film’s overlong running time.Īnd then, underlying all of the characters’ globetrotting misadventures is a fundamental theme of enduring female friendship-of two women supporting one another no matter what and ultimately helping each other discover their long-elusive purpose in life. Ostensibly, this is simultaneously intended as a send-up of the genre as well as a straightforward example of it-a tricky feat to pull off, unless you’re Edgar Wright. The killings are actually more over the top than the ones you might see in a straight-up spy movie, which I guess is the point. It’s the extreme violence, which serves as a jarring contrast to the goofy antics. ![]() The comedy isn’t (entirely) the problem in “The Spy Who Dumped Me,” which, as a title, is cleverer than the movie itself. Kunis is all sly, biting deadpan McKinnon is a wild, daring whirlwind. ![]() Both actresses have proven for years that they’re game for whatever comes their way, and their contrasting styles held the promise of giddy, combustible chemistry. The pairing of Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon in an R-rated action comedy would seem like the perfect late-summer escape. ![]()
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