Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- witty
- irreverent
- tense
- weekend streaming
- action movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly recognized the film’s entertaining premise and Radhika Apte’s central performance, while finding the overall execution uneven.
What sets it apart
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Durga must balance her housewife role with her revived undercover mission against a serial killer.
Durga’s appearance as a simple housewife contrasts with her training and effectiveness as a special agent.
The central premise places covert operations and a terrifying killer inside the protagonist’s everyday household responsibilities.
Durga’s return to duty exposes a dangerous world beneath her decade-long domestic cover.
Films like Mrs. Undercover, and why
The Spy Who Dumped Me
women-led action comedy blending domestic expectations with covert combat and thriller stakes
Atomic Blonde
female-centered spy thriller with comic energy, undercover identity, and action set pieces
Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
stylized Indian action comedy centered on an underestimated woman navigating danger and social expectations
Movie Details
- Director
- Anushree Mehta
- Release Date
- 2023-04-14
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 5.3 / 10 (14)
Cast
- Radhika Apte
- Sumeet Vyas
- Rajesh Sharma
- Saheb Chatterjee
- Roshni Bhattacharyya
- Indrasish Roy
- Angana Roy
- Laboni Sarkar
- Biswajit Chakraborty
- Amrita Chattopadhyay
Common questions
- What is Mrs. Undercover about?
- A seemingly ordinary Indian housewife revives her buried life as a covert operative to hunt a terrifying killer without losing control of her domestic world.
- What is Mrs. Undercover like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Mrs. Undercover as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Mrs. Undercover violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Mrs. Undercover as moderate.
- What did critics think of Mrs. Undercover?
- Critics broadly recognized the film’s entertaining premise and Radhika Apte’s central performance, while finding the overall execution uneven.
- Which films are like Mrs. Undercover?
- Films with a similar feel include The Spy Who Dumped Me, Atomic Blonde, and Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota.
- How long is Mrs. Undercover?
- Mrs. Undercover runs 107 minutes.
