space
head
head head head
Home Contact RSS Feed
COMICS   •   MOVIES   •   MUSIC   •   TELEVISION   •   GAMES   •   BOOKS
Blu-ray Review: The Spy Who Dumped Me
space
Olympus Athens   |  @   |  

The Spy Who Dumped Me review

The Spy Who Dumped Me
Blu-ray | DVD | 4K
Directed by Susanna Fogel
Written by Susanna Fogel, David Iserson
Starring Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Sam Heughan, Justin Theroux, Hasan Minhaj, Lolly Adefope, Dustin Demri-Burns, Gillian Anderson
Lionsgate Films
Rated R | 117 minutes
Release Date: October 30, 2018

It’s Audrey’s (Mila Kunis) 30th birthday and everybody keeps asking her about her ex Drew (Justin Theroux), which after a myriad of mixed emotions, causes her to set his things on fire, with the help of aggressive nudging from her best friend Morgan (Kate McKinnon). Drew is very busy of course being almost killed in Lithuania almost 100 times.

Enter Sebastian (my #1 boyfriend Sam Heughan), who lures Audrey outside and into a van to tell her about Drew’s secret life as a CIA agent. Everybody is looking for this trophy which needs to get to Austria to “Verne” by tomorrow. Drew shows up, there’s a shootout, and he dies.

So off to Vienna go Audrey and Morgan, with no phones and airport store luggage and a bunch of “Best Grandson” trophies. They get caught up in one impossible near-death situation after another, eventually teaming up with Sebastian after outsmarting him and getting him suspended, but trusting him because he saved their lives when everyone else tried to kill them. The torture scene is nothing but fun, and the ending is a bit surprising.

The friendship between the two women is the driving force throughout the entire movie with both strong women holding their own. Heughan is dashing and strong enough to not get swallowed up, and makes the perfect foil to their antics. You have to remember that it is a spoof. Although there are a lot of dangerous situations, if you let yourself take it too seriously, you will be disappointed. It’s supposed to be light.

One of my favorite parts of the movie (no spoilers – it’s in the trailer) is Morgan’s reaction to Gillian Anderson’s character.

The movie manages to be a bit of everything, and McKinnon is a comedy genius in everything. Can she be MY best friend? I had smiles throughout. The movie was that delightful.

Special Features:

Covert Operations: The Making of The Spy Who Dumped Me: Susanna Fogel and David Iserson discussed how fast this was to make, and how fun it turned out to be. They go through each character, and you appreciate them even more (as if that’s possible).

Gary Powell: The Action Behind The Film: The tons of stunts and fights and “f*** him up” are broken down right here. These are always my favorite parts of special features. Stunt men are crazy talented.

Makin’ Friends With Hasan Minhaj: The comedian takes us through Budapest to meet his best friends on and off the set.

Deleted Scenes: Just didn’t make the cut, but always interesting to watch.

Outtakes: Blooper reel! Always fun, and this one is particularly hilarious.

Off Script: O.M.G. The questions that Kate McKinnon asked Sam Heughan! And the torture scene has awesome extra improv.

Also From Lionsgate: Check out what else is coming soon from Lionsgate Films!

Trailer

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Follow me on Twitter and Instagram.

No Comments »

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL

Leave a comment

space
space
Previous Article
space
Next Article
«
»
space
space
space
Amazon.com
space
You may have noticed that we're now AD FREE! Please support Geeks of Doom by using the Amazon Affiliate link above. All of our proceeds from the program go toward maintaining this site.
space
Geeks of Doom on Twitter Geeks of Doom on Facebook Geeks of Doom on Instagram Follow Geeks of Doom on Tumblr Geeks of Doom on YouTube Geeks of Doom Email Digest Geeks of Doom RSS Feed
space
space
space
space
The Drill Down Podcast TARDISblend Podcast Westworld Podcast
2023  ·   2022  ·   2021  ·   2020  ·   2019  ·   2018  ·   2017  ·   2016  ·   2015  ·   2014  ·  
2013  ·   2012  ·   2011  ·   2010  ·   2009  ·   2008  ·   2007  ·   2006  ·   2005
space
Geeks of Doom is proudly powered by WordPress.

Students of the Unusual™ comic cover used with permission of 3BoysProductions
The Mercuri Bros.™ comic cover used with permission of Prodigal Son Press

Geeks of Doom is designed and maintained by our geeky webmaster
All original content copyright ©2005-2023 Geeks of Doom
All external content copyright of its respective owner, except where noted
space
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under
a Creative Commons License.
space
About | Privacy Policy | Contact
space