He’s a spy. She’s an assassin. Together, Loid and Yor keep their double lives to themselves while pretending to be the perfect family. However, their adopted daughter Anya, a telepath, knows both of their exciting secrets unbeknownst to them. While under the guise of taking his family on a weekend winter getaway, Loid’s attempt to make progress on his current mission Operation Strix proves difficult when Anya mistakenly gets involved and triggers events that threaten world peace!
I want to preface my review by saying that I’m a huge fan of SPY x FAMILY and so is my wife. We were really excited to watch this. I also went into watching CODE: White with somehow not watching any of the trailers or reading the synopsis.
We went into this movie completely blind. We left the movie (and continue to this day) torn on our thoughts about it. I’ll provide a brief spoiler-free review and then dive deeper into it after the warning.
I would definitely recommend that you watch at least the first season of SPY x FAMILY before CODE: White. You do not need to know anything for story reasons, it is so that you’re familiar with the characters.
Overall, the movie introduction does a decent job of explaining the premise of the series and the Forger family, but I think it’s important to better understand the relationships with some of the other characters such as Fiona/Nightfall and Frankie.
The animation for CODE: White is phenomenal. It is definitely a step up from the TV series as is to be expected from a movie with a higher budget and more time.
The story itself is fun and provides some great moments, but it does seem to get a little lost in itself with moments that just feel unconnected but are necessary to help maintain the status quo of the characters. There is a ton of non-sexual fan service that will keep fans happy throughout.
The hard thing for me about CODE: White is that the story felt weak, but I did enjoy most of my time watching it. I am unsure if I will watch it again anytime soon, but I think fans will enjoy watching it.
It may not become a favorite, but I think it’s a movie that we’ll remember in 2-3 years and go, “that was fun.” I will go ahead and put my score here, but if you want more details, you can check out the information past the spoiler tag.
