Question about Melissa McCarthy's _Spy_ movie

[firecat]

I'm trying to find out whether the new movie Spy with Melissa McCarthy has a lot of offensive fat jokes. (I saw The Heat when it came out and thought it didn't. Have a lot, that is. It had a few.) Any opinions? Would prefer no major spoilers in comments, minor spoilers OK.

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[snippy]

I don't know but am interested in the answer, because I have seen a couple of reviews that made it sound appealing to me.

[firecat]

I liked The Heat a lot, and it's by the same director, and it has an extremely high rating on Rotten Tomatoes. If I get answers elsewhere, I'll repost them here. So far one person said there were fat jokes in the preview, but I watched a couple of previews on YouTube and didn't see any. (There were lots of "some middle aged ladies are unattractive and have low self-esteem" jokes in the previews.)

[firecat]

Two more comments saying it did not have [many] fat jokes, and one person said a reviewer said her weight is not mentioned at all.

[snippy]

I have read in 2 places that it starts out more negative than I'd like but builds in feminist ways to a degree of competence porn, which is my thing.

[jae]

I found the trailer too much of a turnoff in that respect (though more in the kinds of roles she was forced into by the character her character took on than outright fat jokes), but I am weird about comedies anyway, so that might just be me. And I do really appreciate that she finally gets to be beautiful again in this film (her most recent film roles have spent too much time deliberately "uglying her up" for my comfort).

It's getting fantastic reviews, in any case.

-J

[firecat]

That sounds pretty plausible based on what I've seen about it so far.

[firecat]

I know what you mean about the roles.

[cheshyre]

Have NOT seen it yet, but just noticed this in the BtchFlicks review:

I kept on waiting for the film to go wrong, for someone to humiliate Susan for her size, which miraculously never happens. Others doubt her skill and the villainess Rayna (Rose Byrne, having a ball as a spoiled, rich Daddy’s girl with a British accent) rips apart her fashion sense, even after Susan changes into flattering, chic evening wear, but no one ever comes close to making a fat “joke” or comment, which has to be some kind of milestone

http://www.btchflcks.com/2015/06/spy-truly-funny-and-truly-feminist.html#.VXJDXkAXLlc

[firecat]

EXCELLENT, thanks!

[sinanju.livejournal.com]

According to this review by someone on my friendslist, that's not the case. http://mizkit.livejournal.com/1080502.html

[firecat]

Thanks much!