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A Brilliant Conflict

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

It doesn't totally collapse by the end, which is nice. Still, it does leave you with the impression that it could have been much more. Actually, the middle is the worst. It's not very funny or fun, some gags are pretty much just grose, not even interesting. One of the main problems is that the main villain, Penelope Cruz, while superbly cast ("she looks pretty and sweet, but she's just the worst"), isn't properly introduced or followed through. She also doesn't do a very good job, but, given what she had to work with, one can't really blame her.On the missed opportunities, at the very least it could have had more fun on the expense of the terrible "Fast&Furious" franchise. Ditto for "Harry Potter". What they did barely scratched the surface of what one could (should?) do. While poking fun on James Bond is nothing new, still, they could have done more on that front, too. One impersonation of Sean Connery's accent isn't enough.Story is significantly better than other Sasha Baron Cohen comedies, but, still, way too simplistic and naïve to be anything more than a framing device for the gags.There quite a few good jokes and gags, there's a good cameo by Annabelle Wallis, so, the whole thing is watchable, if you like Sasha Baron Cohen comedies. Otherwise, it's best you find some other spy-spoof comedy.

Three minutes in, I didn't want to keep watching it but after ten minutes, I was committed to the end. I didn't want to like it but ...........I don't know what to say! Once you see some of these scenes you can't unsee them. Disgusting! ... but ... laugh out loud funny and most definitely, sickly original. Well done, I think!

I didn't expect much from this film, but was bored and had nothing better to do. I was pleasantly surprised that it was genuinely funny. Sasha Baron Cohen is doing his usual thing of donning a silly accent and being an over-the-top caricature, but he was nicely balanced by a good script and Mark Strong, plus some side characters who were pretty good. Some of the jokes didn't land, but overall better than I thought.

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