Mr. & Mrs. Smith (DVD)

I originally saw this film at the cinema, where I thoroughly enjoyed it, so when it came on television the other night I was only too keen to write a review on it. Story The story is really quite straight-forward. Marital problems have arisen for the charming young couple, John & Jane Smith (Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie), who, after the first 5 or 6 years of marriage - they are not so sure how long - they decide to take a 'marriage MOT' - well actually, they seek marriage counselling. Recalling their early days of their relationship, they realise things have changed a great deal. They seem quite distant from one another, are keeping secrets ...  Read the complete review

This action film from 2005 is directed by Doug Liman and stars real life couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The Plot John and Jane Smith have an average life. They both work their jobs and then come home, leading what seems to be a boring life. But they are harbouring secrets from each other, and lying about their jobs. For they are both guns for hire, and the sparks fly when they find out that their next respective targets are each other! The Cast and Performances Pitt and Jolie combine well in this film, although the sizzling chemistry you would expect between them is not really present. Whether this is because they ...  Read the complete review

This film is certainly not a classic. Even for a summer blockbuster standard which generally have very low standards Mr and Mrs Smith fail in every category except. Lack of quality script, quality production. The plot is about Mr and Mrs Smith living ordinary lives until their employers intervene and set them one last task each, elimination of each other. Instead of domestic arguments both partners take up weapons and get physical in the wrong sense. No more sex, occasional sex or even weekend sex for the couple they are out to kill each other. I would say this film has only done one good thing, bringing together Pitt and Jolie together in real ...  Read the complete review

Six years ago Jane met John Smith and had the greatest night of her life; they dance in a rainstorm in the fading sunlight, drank expensive alcohol and retired for a passionate night in the foreign hotels bedroom. Now, their marriage on the rocks the Smiths have been forced to go to marriage counseling because they are both afraid that a void threatens to destroy their relationship. Little do they know that both of them are secret agents working for different organizations, both their latest mission to kill each other. Will their marriage be able to survive? Does their love for one another mean more to them than their jobs? This is the question that both John and Jane ...  Read the complete review

Starring Pitt & Jolie Genre: Tongue-in-cheek action Body Count: 49 (Only a little blood though) Imdb.com score sit 6.4 out of 10.0 (64,324 votes) RuN-TiMe 120 minutes flat Suited: Adults and couples If ever a film ended up a vanity project then it's this one, which originally put out a lot of folks off, including me. Seeing real life married couples play the same role on screen is both a great idea and a naff one. Fortunately it seems to work here and the two do have some sexual chemistry on screen, two actors apart in their own movies that never seem to produce that for me. This film is particularly funny when they do the shrink ...  Read the complete review