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Posted by: Josh. 21st November 2015, 10:31 AM

Following on from Spy, I was very excited for the retun of Melissa and this seems to be it before Ghostbusters lands, doesn't look AS funny but that was always going to be a tough act to follow. I'm looking forward to it, there are some decent jokes in the trailer.

Posted by: UltraChristmas 21st November 2015, 11:37 AM

This looks great, I adore the cast

Posted by: Regina 21st November 2015, 11:41 AM

Rita from Corrie getting dat Hollywood movie *.*

Posted by: Jack 21st November 2015, 02:04 PM

It looks terrible and unfunny ... will probably be more Tammie than Spy.

Posted by: Josh. 14th June 2016, 12:05 PM

This was a lot of fun, not the funniest or tight comedy of the year by any means but there's something about Melissa that just makes me laugh out loud. There's a scene where they're planning a break-in and she starts flipping around everywhere like a ninja and it's just so much funnier because it's her I also found her whole character in this hilarious, she's literally not seen once without a turtleneck, it's so absurb but her character does provide pretty much 99% of the laughs. Not one of her better films in comparison to Spy and Bridesmaids etc. but certainly funnier than Tammy so that's good.

Posted by: Qween 14th June 2016, 01:36 PM

I'd say this is easily her second best (non-Bridesmaids) film, obviously behind Spy. The Heat was also very good, but there's something about how LUDICROUS most of this is that just worked for me. The massive street fight between the children and her HATRED for Helen all just tipped it over into very, very funny for me. Yes it's pretty light on actual plot, strains credulity and has almost nothing to say, but it's a comedy and it made me laugh more than any other movie this year.

Posted by: Joe. 14th June 2016, 02:18 PM

This was absolutely awful and has been rightfully slated. Peter was terrible as the villain, and while Melissa was likable as ever, the script was just dire. There is no way that it's anywhere nearly as good as The Heat!

Posted by: Regina 14th June 2016, 03:40 PM

This looks like the kind of film I'd love oops.

Posted by: J▲hq 14th June 2016, 04:53 PM

She needs to ditch her husband (professionally) and stick with Paul Feig (yay for Ghostbusters being very close!). It was better than Tammy but that's not saying much, it had a few laughs / one-liners that I liked that make it feel like I'm underrating it with a 6/10, but overall it's no more than that. Peter Dinklage didn't work for me and a large part of the movie is about them selling brownies..? Not really what I'm looking for in a plot.

Posted by: Kye 14th June 2016, 06:15 PM

I thought this was hilarious! It's not her best character but Melissa completely held the movie and Kristen was good as the sidekick.
The tall girl selling brownies, when they're breaking in to the building and the street fight had me in stitches

Posted by: Jonjo 14th June 2016, 06:30 PM

I wish people would stop making Melissa McCarthy happen

Posted by: Kye 14th June 2016, 07:17 PM

Posted by: Juranamo 14th June 2016, 08:47 PM

I thought this was actually QUITE GOOD, were we really expecting this to reinvent the wheel? I really don't understand the hate, for me it ticked all the boxes as I was laughing out loud throughout!

If I were to rank films where Melissa plays a prominent role:

Bridesmaids
Spy
The Boss
Identity Thief
The Heat
Tammy

The last two fall below par, but the Top 6 are hilarious! I haven't listed films that I haven't seen (St. Vincent, I'm looking atchoo)

Posted by: Joe. 14th June 2016, 09:00 PM

QUOTE(Juranamo @ Jun 14 2016, 09:47 PM)

I thought this was actually QUITE GOOD, were we really expecting this to reinvent the wheel? I really don't understand the hate, for me it ticked all the boxes as I was laughing out loud throughout!

If I were to rank films where Melissa plays a prominent role:

Bridesmaids
Spy
The Boss
Identity Thief
The Heat
Tammy

The last two fall below par, but the Top 6 are hilarious! I haven't listed films that I haven't seen (St. Vincent, I'm looking atchoo)

Posted by: Juranamo 14th June 2016, 09:07 PM

It's below par, but I guess it is a masterpiece in comparison to Tammy! I don't know, something about it just doesn't hit all the spots for me, maybe I need to refamiliarise myself with it...

Posted by: Joe. 14th June 2016, 09:28 PM

QUOTE(Juranamo @ Jun 14 2016, 10:07 PM)

It's below par, but I guess it is a masterpiece in comparison to Tammy! I don't know, something about it just doesn't hit all the spots for me, maybe I need to refamiliarise myself with it...

Posted by: Aaliyah4Eva 15th June 2016, 08:49 AM

I found it quite funny, like others have mentioned the big fight seen was one of the stand out parts.

Simple on plot nothing ground breaking simple viewing for an hour and half away from real world fitted the bill perfectly for me.

As far as Melissa films rank for me

Spy
Bridesmaids
Identity Thief
The Boss
The Heat


St Vincent


Tammy

Posted by: Joe. 15th June 2016, 09:02 AM

Melissa films ranked my critical acclaim:

Spy - 92% -FRESH (Audience: 79%)
Bridesmaids - 89% FRESH (76%)
St. Vincent - 77% - FRESH (79%)
The Heat - 67% FRESH (71%)
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Tammy - 23% - ROTTEN (37%)
The Boss - 22% - ROTTEN (43%)
Identity Thief - 20% - ROTTEN (53%)

Basically only her PF collabs have been a success in this respect as well as St. Vincent where she doesn't really play a comedy character in the same way.


My rank:

The Heat
Bridesmaids
Spy
St. Vincent
Tammy
The Boss
Identity Thief

Posted by: Qween 15th June 2016, 11:06 AM

For me:

10 Spy
10 Bridesmaids (I feel like this will probably be top again soon, I'm still riding high on Spy love...a year later)
08 The Boss
08 The Heat
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05 Identity Thief
02 Tammy

Posted by: Regina 15th June 2016, 11:27 AM

The Heat
Spy
Identity Thief
Bridesmaids
Tammy

Not seen The Boss but I am guessing it'll beat Bridesmaids for me, which I find good but seriously overrated.

Posted by: Martyn 15th June 2016, 11:41 AM

St Vincent is an odd film. I watched it when I was travelling last year. I can't remember how it ends. I may have fallen asleep. I did want to to see The Boss. Not sure now based on what people have said.

Posted by: J▲hq 15th June 2016, 03:20 PM

Bridesmaids
Spy

The Heat
St Vincent

The Boss
Tammy

Not seen Identity Thief and have no real desire to. St Vincent is hard to compare to the rest, it feels very odd one out but it was a solid movie.

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 15th June 2016, 04:25 PM

10/10
Bridesmaids
St Vincent
Spy

The Heat- 9.5/10

Tammy- 6.5/10
Identity Thief- 4/10

The first three are 3 of my favourite films of the last few years!

Posted by: SamJudd 15th June 2016, 04:41 PM

I have actually seen this and really enjoyed it, don't get why it's getting so many bad reviews though, I thought that this was a really decent watch and Melissa McCarthy was just hilarious as always and glad it became another successful box office hit for her, she's a fantastic leading lady and have seen all of her starring roles so far, from her well deserved breakout 'Bridesmaids' to this, she never fails to deliver in my eyes.

This is how I'd rank her movies so far

1. Spy 10/10
2. The Heat 10/10
3. Bridesmaids 10/10
4. St Vincent 8/10
5. The Boss 7/10
6. Tammy 7/10
7. Identity Thief 6/10