There are bad movies that are watchable because they are so hilariously inept, and there are bad movies that have a certain curiosity appeal. And then there are are bad movies that are just bad movies because they are simply downright boring. The Fat Spy is a mixture of all three of these traits. It's sad to see people we admire and whose performances we normally enjoy – like Brian Donlevy, Phyllis Diller and Jayne Mansfield – caught up in rubbish like this candidate for worst movie of all time. Even the title is bad. Maybe I fell asleep, but I didn't spot any fat spy. Admittedly, there was a mild bit of spying going on, but to very little purpose. What was going on was an almost endless parade of lazy teenage beach bums, who seemed to spend all their time either jumping and dancing around or just simply canoodling. The movie's publicity describes this inept waste of time as a satirical musical comedy, but I would challenge all three of these misleading descriptions. The movie has a slight curiosity value, but even that appeal evaporates once it becomes plain that neither Miss Mansfield nor anyone else is going to storm off the set and take a swipe at their agents for signing them up for a role in this mess. And as said above, I'm still waiting patiently for the fat spy - or any spy at all!
Review of The Fat Spy
