It is, in short, a generous, smart, sexy comedy, surrounding this generous, smart, sexy star. Director: John Pasquin Stars: Sandra Bullock, Regina King, William Shatner, Enrique Murciano.
SANDRA BULLOCK SPY AGENT ELECTION MOVIE CRACK
Happily, out in the field, Cooper comes into her own, glamming herself up on her own dime, and going head-to-head with Rose Byrne's femme fatale, while fighting off help from Jason Statham's meathead of an ally, and fending off Peter Serafinowicz's amorous CIA driver, who has a thing for plus-size gals.įeig's cheerfully feminist script makes only as much sense as it absolutely must, while providing McCarthy with chances to crack wise, show vulnerability and class, and do some of the more elegant pratfalls you'll have seen in a while - always in character.Īnd though Spy has clearly been designed around her talents, it also makes room for a nifty supporting cast: Allison Janney as her angry boss a loose, funny 50 Cent as himself Miranda Hart as a tall, slender, and hilarious Laurel to McCarthy's full-figured Hardy. After Heather Burns (Cheryl Frasier) and Stan Fields (William Shatner) are kidnapped, Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) goes undercover in Las Vegas, Nevada to find them. Her secret gadgets: Things a frumpy housewife from Iowa might carry in her purse - anti-fungal cream that doubles as mace, chloroformed hemorrhoid wipes.
and was reworked when Sandra Bullock expressed interest (Watercutter 2015). Cooper lands the assignment, but not the glamour. Thus, CIA agent Solo (Henry Cavill) teams up with KGB spy Illya (Armie. And that's still true when an assassin blows everyone's else's cover, and the Agency needs someone unknown to track a nuclear device. Indispensable and unsung, her guidance is what makes this guy, played by Jude Law, a "double-oh-seven" of sorts, and he repays her with flirty "couldn't-do-it-without-you" chatter and a promise of dinner when he returns.īut his idea of a thank you gift is a hideous cupcake pendant, because, like the rest of the Agency, he condescends to her. She may have graduated at the top of her class, but 10 years in, she's at the bottom of the espionage heap - literally in a vermin-infested basement, surrounded by high-tech surveillance gear, talking into another agent's earpiece half a world away. McCarthy's CIA agent Susan Cooper is pointedly not there. Spy begins with a sequence crafted to look like a Bond flick - smooth tracking shots across a lake, to a mansion where tuxedos and gowns predominate and gunmen lurk behind every bush. Now, in Spy, a globe-trotting action comedy that proves to be an ideal star-vehicle, McCarthy's finally billed above the title. Bullock was nominated for Favorite Actress Drama.
Pictures and Participant Medias satirical comedy OUR BRAND IS CRISIS, a Warner. Despite mixed reviews, the film was nominated for numerous awards including an Academy Award for Best Picture. The second time they worked together, in the police-comedy The Heat, McCarthy got equal billing with co-star Sandra Bullock. RM PMAHB7(L-r) SANDRA BULLOCK as Jane and ANN DOWD as Nell in Warner Bros. The Blind Side is about the story of Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a homeless black teen, who’s been and out of the school system for years. The first time Melissa McCarthy worked with director Paul Feig, she had a bit part in his comedy Bridesmaids. The Blind Side (2009) Director: John Lee Hancock.
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