Neeshita Nyayapati of
The Times of India gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Garry’s film has its heart in the right place, but it lacks the spunk to stand out". Latha Srinivasan of
India Today gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "
Spy is a thriller that tries to be a desi
Jason Bourne but sorely misses". Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of
The Hindu wrote a review stating, "
Spy tries to ride on the nationalistic sentiment but ends up as a bore without a solid story in place." Raghu Bandi of
The Indian Express gave it 1 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Nikhil Siddhartha-starrer
Spy is a failure mostly due to bad writing and lack of seriousness in presenting the story". Abhilasha Cherukuri of
The New Indian Express gave it 1 out of 5 stars and wrote, "
Spy is a crude and visually impoverished film that reduces Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to a clickbait". A critic from
The Hans India gave it 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "
Spy ticks all spy genre-related cliches and serves them in a screenplay with nonstop action. Only here, the ‘action’ neither thrills nor awes. It is as bland as it comes".. On 26 October 2023, Nikhil, the hero of the film, conveyed his dissatisfaction with the movie and asserted that it had faltered because the filmmakers had initiated post-production with 10 days of actual shooting still remaining. He further promised to prevent such occurrences from happening again. ==References==