A violent romp with no socially redeeming value -- but it's fun and sexy as hell.
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
Promises more than it delivers (what film doesn't?), and degenerates badly (and, to my mind, unforgivably) in the second half.
The studio must have reasoned that Jolie and Brad Pitt are movie stars, so anything they do would be seen as fun and attractive -- and what could be more fun and attractive than their trying to kill each other and just about everybody else in the movie?
Just about worth seeing for the chemistry between its two stars ... but the overall glossiness is designed to blind you to the fact that there’s very little substance here.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie look like they had a terrific time making Mr. and Mrs. Smith -- but I certainly didn't have a good time watching it. Neither, I suspect, will many of you.
This slick crowd-pleaser is so enjoyable that, despite the silly gags and corny cliches, by the end we're hoping it becomes a franchise.
It's a love story not for the faint of heart. In other words, it's a lot like marriage.
Who knows what went on behind the screen between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, but what's on the screen is extremely entertaining.
There are many combustible elements in 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith,' but the key players are not among them. ...we're just watching two gorgeous bodies trying to mess each other up.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith will prove a long, hard slog for filmgoers who don't think that simply gazing at Pitt and Jolie constitutes a fun night out.
Chemistry isn't enough to keep the lethal pyrotechnics going for close to two hours.
Essentially, Mr. & Mrs. Smith exists for the purpose of showing off the gorgeous faces and physiques of its two stars, and for giving its audience the dubious pleasure of watching them beat each other up.
A high-gloss, high-caliber domestic squabble, a lip-lock and load romance that might just as easily have been called 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith & Wesson.'
Mr. & Mrs. Smith is an awful movie with two very good-looking people in it.
Though never as bland as its title, Mr. and Mrs. Smith wraps a lot of expensive plastic around a lot of almost nothing.
Entertains in spurts but overdoses on pyrotechnics, shenanigans and gadgetry.
Pitt and Jolie make sexy sparring partners, but they can't lift this leaden material.
As witty, as fast-paced and as funny as the better comedies of Hollywood's screwball era.
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