The Wrong Missy (2020) Review

 

This film was recently added to Netflix and is the film most people are watching so I decided to watch The Wrong Missy and here is my review for the film. The premise sees a man meet his perfect woman in an airport but accidentally invites a disastrous blind date by the same name to his work retreat in Hawaii. 

Main Character

David Spade plays the main character and he doesn't really do anything for me in this film. He plays the straight man in the comedic duo and you do sympathise with him a little bit because he is getting annoyed by Missy like we the audience are but there is nothing that stand out about him at all. His character is really boring and yes he has a bit of an arc in the film but it feels incredibly generic and unrealistic which really hurts the film.

Supporting Characters 

Lauren Lapkus plays Missy and wow this is one of the most annoying characters I have ever seen in a film or TV Show. She is so annoying it is incredible, it is absolutley absurd and there isn't one likeable trait about her whatsoever. She makes Spade's life miserable and you really want her to go away with her story being so forced it cannot be understated. The rest of the cast are all the stereotypes you could imagine in a film like this, the ex wife, the abnoxious new boyfriend, the work rival and the older rich boss and none of them are interesting at all. 

Story

If you read the premise of the film you can guess exactly where the film is going, I sat down before watching the film and predicted a few things that a generic film would have and this film hits every single one but does it really poorly. As mentioned there are no reedemable elements to the character with Missy so her relationship Spade's character is really weak and feels really underdeveloped and just forced. Plus there are some things that take place in this film that if a man did them to a woman this film would never have been made or it would be causing controversy but because it is the other way round people just don't care. 

Script

The script is reall bad, this is a comedy but I don't think I laughed once during this film which is an automatic failure for a film trying to make me laugh. The drama is attempted but also falls down flat and feels stupid and trivial for this weak film. 

Style

This film tries to go for shock comedy, I mean this is my least favourite comedy and this film follows that trend, it just doesn't do anything interesting enough to make it funny. Luckily this film is only about 90 minutes long which means you don't have to sit through it for that long, but they spend so much time on the Spade not liking Missy there is not enough time for the film convincingly to hit its landing. 

Overall

Overall, I feel like I truly wasted my time watching this film, these bad comedies made by this group really are bad and are not worth the time of day and should just stop being made. 

Rating - 1/10