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Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer talk about their new film, ‘Thunder Force’
The actresses play best friends in the film that form an unlikely crime-fighting superhero duo. Hopper Stone/Netflix
Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer can read a computer manual and be hilarious. Equally adept at comedy and drama, with Oscar nominations to prove it, this dynamic duo can do anything, right? Incredibly incorrect. “Thunder Force,” the superhero comic fantasy debuting this week on Netflix, defeats them at every turn. It’s actually painful watching these mighty talents strain to find laughs in this comedy dead zone.
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