Review: The Boss

The incongruity between Melissa McCarthy’s eagerness as a performer and her character’s total lack of compassion makes The Boss somehow both restless and tedious.

Review: Spy

It’s the sustained, full-bodied mania of Melissa McCarthy’s performance that anchors the film’s many winning blind-alley gags.

SXSW 2015: Spy

The inclusivity of this Melissa McCarthy showcase leaves plenty of room for the rest of the cast to stretch their comedic legs.

Review: Tammy

The film is an almost plotless doodle, with low stakes made even lower thanks to the antiheroine’s bratty passivity.

Review: The Heat

With the film, Melissa McCarthy definitively cements her status as a legitimate comic talent, leaving her co-star stumbling behind in her wake.