The long line of Hollywood tough guys appearing alongside cute kids continues with “My Spy,” a passable PG-13 action-comedy in which big ’n’ brawny Dave Bautista plays a CIA man whose nose-diving c…
), a goofy nerd who idolizes J.J. and is saddled with much of the film’s least funny dialogue. The mismatched duo’s task is to spy on Marquez’s widowed sister-in-law Kate , an ER nurse who recently relocated from Paris and may innocently possess information Marquez needs to acquire that nuclear device he’s always wanted.
No sooner has J.J. begun installing surveillance cameras in Kate’s apartment than her brainy daughter Sophie traces the signal upstairs and busts the spooks. One of the best running gags is J.J.’s extreme response to problematic situations. In this case, he calmly suggests to Bobbi they kill the kid. After Bobbi talks him down, Sophie responds with “let’s cut a deal.” In exchange for her silence, J.J.
Things tick along pleasantly once Marquez and his gang are sent to the sidelines for long stretches, and viewers are left to enjoy the sight of Sophie running rings around the hapless J.J. Coleman is terrific in snappy scenes that find Sophie talking like a seasoned Psy Ops officer whose weaponry includes encyclopedic knowledge of action movie conventions. After being interrogated about a traumatic incident from his days in uniform we can sympathize with J.J.
Naturally, the blackmail arrangement is mutually beneficial. As well as learning how to tap phones and beat polygraph tests, Sophie stops being the lonely and bullied newcomer and becomes the most popular girl at school when J.J. attends a parents and guardians day and talks about his colorful past. “I took out the garbage of the world,” he tells the assembly, winning hearts and minds in the process.
J.J’s romance with Kate is pretty corny even by PG-13 standards, but Fitz-Henley and Bautista have the chemistry and sincerity to make it believable, even when J.J. busts some godawful, cringingly unfunny dance moves that would spell doom for most courtships. The film’s tack into romcom waters comes complete with gay neighbors Carlos and Todd , who predictably give J.J. a Queer Eye-style makeover.
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