What's it all About? Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Bradley Pitts & Angelina Jolie) are experiencing a rocky patch in their marriage, on the service it looks like your usual Hollywood depiction of the suburban marital nest, there's the bastard mansion house that looks like a magazine cover, designer clothes, (presumably) six figure salaries flying around all over the place and behind all of this 'normal living' you have two people undergoing marriage counselling who argue about the same things as everyone else, you get the picture, they're average Joe's like you and me! Unbeknown to each other they both work for rival spy/assassination agencies, can you imagine what happens when they both get assigned to the same hit??? Mainly guns and sexual tension.
Best bits? The onscreen chemistry between Pitt and Jolie is pretty wild in this movie, it's (apparently) the film where they got the hots for each other and it shows in every scene, basically two people flirting for 2 hours. It definitely makes for a more engaging watch than a movie like this would traditionally serve up, although I don't suppose Jennifer Aniston (Brad's squeeze at the time of shooting) is too jazzed about it all, I'd be surprised if this made it onto her yearly rotation of 'films you can watch again and again'
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| picture taken 2 seconds after Mr. & Mrs. Smith was released |
There's some subtle laughs to be had here as well as some novel action set pieces that will induce wild levels of popcorn consumption, it's actually pretty slick in its design, all of this does just enough to elevate it above the usual 'sausage factory' fodder that spews forth every year.
Did it make you think thoughts? It's all pretty farcical and becomes less interesting when the characters find out their significant others occupation. Why are there rival spy agencies operating in and (presumably) protecting America that hate each other so much? I don't get their beef! Also, an endless stream of chumps dressed in black from a faceless agency does get a bit tiresome after a while, kind of feels like Brangelina are playing an arcade shoot 'em up game towards the end. However, It's best not to ask too many questions in a film like this, you're in trouble if you do. Definitely not for the 'hang on, how did the characters get there in 2 minutes? That's a 30 minute drive!' crowd.
Would you watch it again? Yeah, probably. It's a romposaurus of sorts.
Rating (out of 100%): 70% If you're gonna do 'dirge' do it to this standard.
