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2015 · comedy · action · spy

Spy (2015)

Directed by Paul Feig2h 0m2015
ElsewhereTMDB6.86k
  • warm
  • kinetic
  • intense
  • funny
Movie DNA

Warm, breathless, measured comedy / action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.

Our read · Spy (2015) (2015) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded comedy · action · spy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a hilarious, female-led spy comedy with over-the-top action and heart.

ends triumphantyou’ll feel glowing aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 5attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou dislike crude humor or want serious spy thrills without laughs.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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