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Metascore
43 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe New YorkerRichard BrodyThough the story goes a country too far and gets lost in its dénouement, the movie is, for the most part, a playful and giddy delight.
- 65Film Journal InternationalStephen WhittyFilm Journal InternationalStephen WhittyIt’s a deliriously silly, often preposterous movie...but director Susanna Fogel keeps things moving too quickly to leave much time for complaints.
- 63The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenThe Seattle TimesSoren AndersenThanks to McKinnon, “Spy” is a fun summer picture that is truly, weirdly special.
- 60VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe Spy Who Dumped Me is no debacle, but it’s an over-the-top and weirdly combustible entertainment, a movie that can’t seem to decide whether it wants to be a light comedy caper or a top-heavy exercise in B-movie mega-violence.
- 60TheWrapRobert AbeleTheWrapRobert AbeleNot every eccentric tweak of hers lands, but it’s a wonderful feeling knowing McKinnon sees potential for humor every time the camera’s on her, even for a reaction shot shoved into an action sequence.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMcKinnon dives head-first into every imbecilic scene, and Kunis stoically pretends to believe her BFF is sentient. But the movie around them is a wreck, and no amount of cloak-and-dagger will keep that secret for long.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyEntertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyThe new comedy, The Spy Who Dumped Me, is a mirthless, dead-on-arrival dud.
- 40Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghArizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghPerhaps the problem isn’t one of too little ambition, but of too much. The Spy Who Dumped Me is, after all, trying earnestly to be about half a dozen different things: a buddy comedy, a spy drama, a raunch fest, a thrilling action film. It’s just that it doesn't have the focus to do any of those things particularly well.
- 40SlateInkoo KangSlateInkoo KangLines that should be funny are sacrificed to the breathless exigencies of the plot. The movie starts to feel like a slow suffocation.