Spy - Susan Cooper Undercover

Movie
German title	Spy - Susan Cooper Undercover
Original title	Spy
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2015
length	Theatrical version: 120 minutes ; Extended version: 130 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12, ; FSK 16 (extended version) ; JMK 12
Rod
Director	Paul Feig
script	Paul Feig
production	Paul Feig, ; Jessie Henderson , ; Peter Chernin , ; Jenno Topping
music	Theodore Shapiro
camera	Robert D. Yeoman
cut	Mellissa Bretherton , ; Brent White
occupation
	Melissa McCarthy : Susan Cooper; Jason Statham : Rick Ford; Jude Law : Bradley Fine; Rose Byrne : Rayna Boyanov; Miranda Hart : Nancy; Nargis Fakhri : Lia; Bobby Cannavale : Sergio De Luca; Allison Janney : Elaine Crocker; Peter Serafinowicz : Aldo; Richard Brake : Solsa Dudaev; Morena Baccarin : Karen Walker; Julian Miller : Nicola; Raad Rawi : Tihomir Boyanov; Jessica Chaffin : Sharon; 50 cents : as himself; Steve Bannos : Bartender; Ben Falcone : Tourist;

Spy - Susan Cooper Undercover (Original title: Spy , English for " spy ") is a US action - comedy by Paul Feig from the year 2015 . Melissa McCarthy plays the role of the CIA - analyst Susan Cooper that needs to spy on a dangerous arms dealer. Distributed by 20th Century Fox , the film premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2015 . It started in US cinemas on June 5, 2015, and one day earlier in Germany .

action

Susan Cooper works as an analyst for the CIA. She is responsible for planning the dangerous missions of the secret service and therefore only works at the desk. Her partner is Bradley Fine, with whom she is in contact during his missions via radio and hidden camera and with whom she is in love. When the beautiful Rayna Boyanov shoots him in front of her eyes, Susan reports herself as an undercover agent. Rayna had revealed that she knew the identity of the other agents. This also puts agent Rick Ford in extreme danger. During her mission she is supposed to gather information about the organization of Rayna's father, a dangerous Bulgarian arms dealer whom Fine accidentally shot. According to his own account, he was the only one who knew where an atom bomb was and wanted to sell it. Thus begins the greatest adventure of her life for Susan. She first flies to Paris , where she tracks down the terrorists. Rick Ford, who has since resigned in protest against Susan's work with the CIA, also shows up there to find the terrorists on his own. He doesn't want to work with Susan, however. Susan prevents an attack on Ford and kills one of the terrorists at the same time.

The terrorists leave a trail to Rome , which Susan follows. Although she is only supposed to observe, she infiltrates the organization and again saves Rick Ford's life. Contrary to her instructions not to contact the terrorists, she approaches Rayna Boyanov. She also saves them from an assassination attempt, because Rayna was a close confidante of her father and is now the only one who knows where the atomic bomb is. As a thank you, Rayna takes her to Budapest in her private jet . Cooper invents an identity for himself as a secret bodyguard for Rayna, but she is exposed. Cooper later discovers that her colleague Bradley Fine was only faking his death to gain Rayna's trust. Cooper then succeeds in preventing the nuclear weapon from being sold and Rayna goes to jail. Susan Cooper will then continue to be used in the field.

production

In mid-June 2013, director Paul Feig announced that he was working on a female agent comedy called Susan Cooper . Feig acts as a director, screenwriter and producer. About a month later, the female lead was cast with Melissa McCarthy , who worked with Feig for the third time after bridal alarm and Taffe girls . Rose Byrne and Jason Statham were cast in the film in October of that year . Statham's participation in the film wasn't officially confirmed until February 2014. In November 2013, 20th Century Fox announced the theatrical release and the definitive title Spy .

In March 2014, in addition to Jude Law , Nargis Fakhri , who made her Hollywood debut with this film, joined the project. A short time later, roles were assigned to Miranda Hart , Bobby Cannavale and Nia Long . At the beginning of April 2014, 50 Cent announced that he would make a guest appearance. In the same month Morena Baccarin , Allison Janney and Zach Woods could be engaged for the film. Verka Serduchka got a cameo role as a singer.

Filming of Spy - Susan Cooper Undercover began on March 31, 2014 in Budapest . The film was shot up to and including the end of May 2014.

publication

The film premiered on March 15, 2015 at the South-by-Southwest Festival. In the United States, the film was originally scheduled for May 22, 2015, but was postponed to June 5 in March 2015. The film started in Germany on June 4, 2015. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Germany on October 8, 2015. In the extended film version published on DVD or Blu-ray, the production is almost ten minutes longer than the theatrical version.

The film was released in theaters in many European countries at the end of May 2015.

reception

According to the Rotten Tomatoes film website , 95% of the 195 film reviews examined gave a positive rating . On the Metacritic website , the film received an average rating of 75 out of 100 based on 40 reviews.

Christoph Petersen from Filmstarts.de judged that the film was “not an ambiguous 007 meta gimmick like the last one Kingsman: The Secret Service ”, “but an upright action comedy” that was “damn funny”.

The film service saw in Spy - Susan Cooper Undercover an "[un] entertaining, spy film parody tailored entirely to your leading actress", in which the genre set pieces are "taken to extremes" with relish and "combined with laconic dialogues and rapidly staged slapstick" become.

Westfälische Nachrichten described Melissa McCarthy as an "overrated comic buffoon on duty" and the film as the low point of parodies "with a verbal record of vulgar, rude, crude, vulgar and tasteless sayings and gags below the belt".

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Release Certificate for Spy - Susan Cooper Undercover . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2015 (PDF; test number: 151 564 K).

↑ Release Certificate for Spy - Susan Cooper Undercover . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry, August 2015 (PDF; test number: 151 564 V).

^ Age rating for Spy - Susan Cooper Undercover . Youth Media Commission .

↑ Jeff Sneider: Paul Feig Developing Female James Bond Comedy 'Susan Cooper' . In: TheWrap.com . June 18, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2015.

↑ Dave McNary: Melissa McCarthy May Play Female James Bond in Comedy . In: Variety.com . July 25, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2015.

↑ Mike Fleming Jr: Jason Statham Eyes Spy Role With Melissa McCarthy In Fox Comedy 'Susan Cooper' . In: Deadline.com . October 21, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2015.

↑ Justin Kroll: Jason Statham to Join Melissa McCarthy in Fox's 'Susan Cooper' . In: Variety.com . February 26, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2015.

↑ Jeff Sneider: Jude Law Nearing Deal to Join Melissa McCarthy's Spy Comedy 'Susan Cooper' (Exclusive) . In: TheWrap.com . March 6, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2015.

↑ Umer Qazi: Nargis Fakhri to appear in Hollywood film featuring Jason Statham . In: Brecorder.com . March 12, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2015.

↑ Mike Fleming Jr: Paul Feig Taps Miranda Hart For Female Spy Comedy . In: Deadline.com . March 28, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2015.

↑ Bory's Kit: 50 Cent Joins Melissa McCarthy in 'Spy' (Exclusive) . In: TheHollywoodReporter.com . April 1, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2015.

^ 'Spy' Party: Melissa McCarthy Hits the Stage With Ukrainian Drag Performer , variety.com

↑ SSN INSIDER STAFF: ON THE SET FOR 3/31/14: PAUL FEIG AND MELISSA MCCARTHY START 'SPY' AND MICHAEL FASSBENDER WRAPS 'MACBETH' . In: ssninsider.com . March 31, 2014. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 3, 2015. @1@ 2