I am no great fan of watching movies during flights, but I made an exception during my recent 10 hours + intercontinental trip. ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me‘ seemed to me the right stuff to entertain me for a couple of hours with the short breaks for the drinks and meal service. I was not mistaken. The action comedy directed by Susanna Fogel is amusing, sexy, and reasonably well written, thus I did not feel my intelligence insulted or my personal standing endangered by sharing with you friends that I watched it and enjoyed it.
source https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6663582/mediaviewer/rm2491043072
Audrey and Morgan (Freeman, but not the one you expect) are two LA ladies, rather failing in their personal or professional lives, who become suddenly involved (because of the ex of one of them, of course) in a violent international spy intrigue. It does not take more than a few minutes for the light Californian comedy to turn into an action blockbuster which will take our heroes to several photogenic cities of Europe, and for the two peaceful and sort of funny girls to become killing machines competing with 007 or Tom Cruise heroes. All this with innocent smiles and the self humor that turns the (most of the) Americans lack of understanding of the outer world into a subject of comedy since Mark Twain invented the American tourist comic travel genre.
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The combination of (very) violent action movie and European road films, having the two nice Californian girls as principal heroes works quite well. Nothing is ground-breaking in this film, but all is made in good spirit, without pretending to be anything else than entertainment. Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon are perfectly suited for the mission, and the presence on screen of Gillian Anderson is a bonus. I dare recommend this film for any flight that you will take in the near future, and maybe also if you are not flying but just enjoy watching from time to time action comedies.