There was a decent idea here: what if a couple of international superspies (Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot, appropriately fabulous to behold) were forced to go undercover in the subtle social labyrinth of American suburbia? A place where you risked blowing your cover by not knowing which dress to wear to a neighborhood barbecue? Oh, and what if one of those agents was tempted to adopt the cover full-time and settle down? Could’ve worked! But instead, the film centers on the comic relief: real-life suburbanites Zach Galafianakis and Isla Fisher. The kids are off at camp, so what is there to do but spy on the new neighbors? Fisher is a gifted comic, physical and otherwise, and Galafianakis gets to be a character instead of a trait. But the film has it both ways with his skills as an HR manager: he’s either bumbling or excellent, depending on the needs of the moment. It also has it both ways with the whole spy-life/settled-life debate. Which makes for a middling movie. Greg Mottola directs. (2016) — Matthew Lickona
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