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The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) poster

2018 · comedy · action · adventure

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Directed by Susanna Fogel1h 57m2018

A couple of thirtysomething best friends unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail.

Our read: The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded comedy · action · adventure entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Warm, breathless, measured comedy / action, grounded in texture. Redemptive, epic, tender.

ElsewhereIMDb6.186kRT49%Metacritic52
  • warm
  • kinetic
  • intense
  • tender
  • epic-stakes
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DNA · twelve axes

How The Spy Who Dumped Me feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a best-friend action comedy that turns a breakup into international chaos.”

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 5attention 3/5earns its lengthsubtitles: partial
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Skip it tonight — Skip if spy parody violence or Kate McKinnon chaos overwhelms your mood.

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