JJ’s partner on the mission is the overeager tech wiz Bobbi ( Kristen Schaal, making inspired choices throughout the film), who’s brilliant but has zero field experience. After botching a job in Ukraine involving a plutonium deal, JJ is sent undercover to Chicago to surveil the relatives of the bad guy who got away: recently widowed ER nurse Kate ( Parisa Fitz-Henley), and her lonely nine-year-old daughter, Sophie (Coleman), who’ve just moved there from Paris for a fresh start.
It’s consistently a pleasant surprise in what is otherwise a predictable story.īautista stars as JJ, a former Army Ranger/Special Ops bad ass who’s now having a hard time transferring his killing skills and sheer brute strength to the CIA, where his boss ( Ken Jeong, amusing in a couple of scenes) informs him that subtlety and finesse are more valuable. And the Hoebers have woven a delightfully weird streak throughout the humor that’ll keep you on your toes. He’s got a wounded vulnerability beneath his hulking persona, she’s got a wisdom beyond her years that never veers into precocious kid territory. Each of them brings way more to the endeavor than it probably deserves. What sets “My Spy” apart from something structurally similar but tonally odious like “Playing With Fire,” for example, is the chemistry between Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman.
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