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My Spy

2020

Peter Segal

Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Kristen Schaal, Ken Jeong ...

5.2

1,414

Comedy A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.

	Author	Review
Australia	Jake Wilson The Age	"A formulaic yet eccentric family action-comedy (...) The charm of the film lies exactly in its mix of tones and genres (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Mike McCahill The Guardian	"[A] mildly diverting family romp (...) Genially mediocre (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
Australia	Vicky Roach News	"A light and breezy reworking of a familiar set-up (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Richard Kuipers Variety	"There’s hardly a surprise along the way but Bautista’s gruff charm and winning chemistry with talented young co-star Chloe Coleman (...) do just enough to carry [it]"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ben Travis Empire	"[It] isn’t funny enough for teens, but not really suitable for younger viewers either (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	Tara Brady Irish Times	"[The script] is nonsense, but it’s the best darned nonsense it can be (...) It deftly balances well-directed action sequences – with a few nods to Indiana Jones – and sentimental family drama (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Kevin Maher The Times	"There are two good jokes (...) And that’s it. You don’t have to see it now. Because there’s little else to recommend [it] (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	James W. Anderson entertainment.ie	"An acceptable family-friendly comedy romp. You might not be leaving the cinema with your sides in stitches but it certainly packs more laughs than expected (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Norman Wilner Now Toronto	"An especially frustrating exercise in creating a movie that small children will watch on repeat forever. And they probably will, but no one will have any fun at all."	NEG
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A streaming debut suits this good-enough family pic just fine (...) Bautista is fine with the unimaginative demands the film places on him"	NEU

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