Misses by a country mile...This charmless, bombastically overproduced picture generates plenty of carnage but remarkably little excitement, romance or fun.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)
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Reviews Counted:189
Fresh:109
Rotten:80
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Although this action-romance suffers from weak writing and one too many explosions, the chemistry generated by onscreen couple Pitt and Jolie is palpable enough to make this a thoroughly enjoyable summer action flick.
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $186,064,011
Synopsis: Named after a 1941 Alfred Hitchcock film, MR. AND MRS. SMITH is really its own ball of flaming wax, with enough sizzling chemistry between stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to blow up a small... Named after a 1941 Alfred Hitchcock film, MR. AND MRS. SMITH is really its own ball of flaming wax, with enough sizzling chemistry between stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to blow up a small building. He shows he is equally adept in comedy and action, and she manages to set new screen standards of bad-ass sexiness. It's impossible to dislike this pair, or a movie that makes being married seem like such insane fun. Pitt and Jolie play extremely skilled professional assassins who have managed to stay married for five years without ever realizing each other's profession because they work for rival agencies and the work is top secret. When their paths eventually cross on a high-level hit, one of the most lethal battles of the sexes in the history of cinema is officially on. Thanks to a genuinely witty script, the issue isn't who will win, but whether the couple will realize they are meant for each other before it's too late. Director Doug Liman was obviously the right choice for the material, having proved his ability to fuse engaging romance with knuckle-biting action in 2002's THE BOURNE IDENTITY. The comedy is sophisticated and witty, the action is visceral and intense, and there is plenty of satisfying eye candy. Another plus is Vince Vaughn as a fast-talking fellow hit man who lives with his mother. The cinematography is by Bozan Bajelli (the genius behind Abel Ferrara's best mid-1980s work) who imbues each environment, whether it's the Smith's house, or the urban streets--with its own evocative color scheme and feel. [More]
Starring: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Kerry Washington, Adam Brody
Starring: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Kerry Washington, Adam Brody
Director: Doug Liman
Director: Doug Liman
Screenwriter: Simon Kinberg
Producer: Akiva Goldsman, Arnon Milchan, Lucas Foster, Patrick Wachsberger, Eric McLeod
Composer: John Powell
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Reviews for Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Palpable sexual electricity between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie provides Mr. and Mrs. Smith with all the power it needs to overcome a very silly plot.
...it’s all a lot of fun. Still, it’s hard not to be bothered by the movie’s utter lack of concern for ... even [a] minimal level of plausibility and plot logic...
So maybe the tabloid-crashing Pitt-Jolie friendship emerged out of the shared torture of having endured Simon Kinberg's script
The movie revels in its bemused overkill, which is fun for a while before it grows wearisome, but there's no denying that the mutual hostility looks good on the two stars.
Finishes well and Vince Vaughn rocks. However, runs rather slow, save for the last half hour.
Leaves out some things you would think necessary, includes some you wouldn't expect, and in the process comes up with an original, ceaselessly entertaining summer concoction.
Frisky and subversive, the movie argues that it's only after destroying icons of domesticity (and literally blowing up the McMansion) we can finally get to know one another.
A braver movie would have seen the couple's standoff through to its logical conclusion -- the eventual insistence on happily ever after seems more than a little weaselly.
It succeeds because it knows how to make the most of its karmic good fortune.
When you see this movie, you can understand why the rest of the world thinks Americans are crazy. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both assassins who work for rival 'companies.' We’re not supposed to ask whom they kill or why.
Echoing the black wit of the Jack Nicholson/Kathleen Turner classic Prizzi's Honor (1985) but with a screwball pace and doses of hi-tech action, it's not to be missed.
A full-on action flick, subversive rom-com and weapons-grade star vehicle that’s drenched in Tinseltown glitz, from a director who knows how to put the money on the screen while his tongue’s firmly in his cheek.
This could be the start of a great franchise. Mr. and Mrs. Smith Go To Washington anyone?
...Liman continues to reinvigorate the action-thriller genre with verité-esque handheld camerawork and innovative fight choreography.
The problem with Mr. and Mrs. Smith is that it's really two movies in one.
If you've got a script full of fatuous repartee and an inept director (who was banned from the "Bourne" sequel), you're not going to have an entertainment worth diddlysquat.
A fetish film for anyone who takes People magazine as a serious source of investigative journalism.
The sheer weight and volume of mayhem toward the end is numbing and meaningless, and two hours is a good 25 minutes more than such a frail conceit can sustain.
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