Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, intense action, sexual content and brief strong language.
120 Minutes
Directed By: Doug Liman
Written By: Simon Kinberg
Staring: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, Adam Brody, Kerry Washington, Michelle Monaghan, Jennifer Morrison, and Keith David
Your aim’s as bad as your cooking sweetheart… and that’s saying something! -John Smith
In this 2005 remake, John and Jane Smith (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) are your picture perfect couple, living your picture perfect life. Neither of them does anything interesting or shocking. Each spouse is beginning to get tiresome of the boring monotony of their suburban household. After seeing a marriage counselor because after five years the spark has “fizzled”, they are both at their wits end. What neither of them know is that they are both undercover assassins living under secret identities. This 
become increasingly interesting when suddenly they each become each others new target. The question becomes, do they fulfill their missions and kill each other, or will they team up and save one another?
Does the viewer care at this point? Not entirely. Obviously the context of the storyline suggests this movie is not to be taken seriously, that it will be a fun adventurous film that is a satire for modern day marriage. Nonetheless, it didn’t work. With two leading stars like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who each are dripping with sex appeal, amazing talent, and a knack for picking smart roles, it still didn’t work. In fact their onscreen chemistry was blase. Without the chemistry between Pitt and Jolie, the banal plot line is left exposed and bare. This set off comic timing and so most of the jokes were lost.
On a positive side, one thing that did work for the movie was the action sequences. From 
the car chase to the fight scene in the lovely suburban household, Doug Linman, who also directed the Bourne Identity, made for a very entertaining final scene between Jolie and Pitt, and also one of the few scenes where they showed real chemistry between one another. Without question this exciting action is what kept the film alive and fueled the audiences attention.
Though Jolie and Pitt are two of my favorite male and female actors, I’m not sure their off-screen chemistry translated properly onto the big screen. Both are ridiculously talented, but the film lacked a soul that both were more than capable of giving it. Mr. and Mrs. Smith turned out to be a mediocre film that had a handful of high and low points, but mostly was just okay. It was a film you would forget ten minutes after watching if not for starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, even though they weren’t the highlights of it. Not a bad movie, but nothing along the lines of what both actors are capable of, especially behind such talented direction.
I never loved this movie. I just always felt like I wanted it to be better the whole time I was watching it.
I agree with moviejunkie I watched this movie hoping it would get better, really wanting to like it more than I did and it just didnt workout..
I enjoyed this one but I’m a sucker for Brad Pitt. Anything I’ve seen him in I’ve enjoyed. When it comes to action flicks all I’m hoping for is some action and this one provided enough for me.
Agree with everything Heather said. In addition, I wonder if their ‘behind the scenes’ affair effected the on screen chemistry as they did seem a bit ‘muted’ to me as well.
A better first half than second, rather than devolve into a junk fest of inane shoot outs, I would have liked to see these characters try and out ‘spy’ each other. Both trying to secretly undermine the spy jobs of the other. Something interesting, something intelligent, something other than the O.K. Corral in aisle 13.
Marc