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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Positive Reviews
83
Negative reviews
33
Average Rating
3.1
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2.0
It isnt a black, bleak comedy like The War of the Roses, ending in degradation and death for them both.)
Rob's Movie Vault
4.5
Always better as an unhinged goofball than as a bronzed demigod in period garb, Pitt gives a loose limbed performance that ricochets nicely off Jolies ..
Av Club
3.0
Doug Limans winkingly decadent ballistic domestic screwball comedy is fun when it presents the stars as an action comedy extension of bourgeois marria ..
EW
3.8
What makes the movie work is that Pitt and Jolie have fun together on the screen, and theyre able to find a rhythm that allows them to be understated ..
Rogerebert
1.5
The couples dark, deadpan banter is amusing, particularly during a car chase in which they rapidly exchange some home truths. But theres a coldness to ..
Time Out
2.5
You wont see another film this year that coasts as long as it does on the sex appeal and posturing of its actors, and while I cant imagine anyone besi ..
2.5
But some of us would still take those directors genuinely knowing and subversive sexual wit over mere physical perfection any day.
4.0
So where does it go from there.Actually, to some highly enjoyable places.
2.5
But that pleasure, that good will, cant help but leak away in the face of dogged mediocrity.
2.5
But what makes each film more than just another disposable entertainment is its underlying gravitas, something that at times resembles sincerity.
The New York Times
4.0
Its pretty amazing what a few strong actors and a more than half decent screenplay can do for an action flick.
E Film Critic
3.0
A jovial, half smart domestic comedy in which domesticity itself is a joke.
E Film Critic
4.0
a near perfect popcorn movie. See it, love it, then move right along, folks.
E Film Critic
2.0
If violence is truly the only way to resurrect matrimonial bliss then perhaps we should seriously consider a constitutional amendment banning heterose ..
E Film Critic
3.8
A giddy piece of entertainment that nearly achieves greatness before some meddling, perhaps, kept him from delivering the finale the film deserves.
E Film Critic
1.3
And awful.If any story ever demanded an ironic, caustic tone, this was it, but the filmmakers never find it.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
Gloriously amoral, grown up fun.A full on action flick, subversive rom com and weapons grade star vehicle thats drenched in Tinseltown glitz, from a d ..
3.5
Its here that Limans movie could have gone to pieces, with the Smiths inevitable partnership evoking traumatic memories of the failed Antonio Banderas ..
Cinema Blend
4.0
Stay tuned, Bat fans Critique: This is it.This is exactly what I look for in my summer popcorn flicks.
JoBlo
3.8
Mr. & Mrs. Smith proves that what seemed to be a darkly funny primer on the state of marriage is really a romantic comedy in disguise.
The Globe And Mail
4.5
It would be far more see able if it was compressed into a one hour TV show. But for sheer aesthetics beautiful people, beautiful settings, beautiful v ..
2.0
Misses by a country mile...This charmless, bombastically overproduced picture generates plenty of carnage but remarkably little excitement, romance or ..
One Guys Opinion
2.5
But it doesnt even match that disappointing comedy in achieving as many laughs.
Sover
3.1
But when its loud and dumb (which is too often for my taste), its mindless and a little tedious.This is mediocre, forgettable entertainment.
ReelViews
3.8
Director Liman delivers his fourth film as yet another solid entertainment, neither masterly nor clumsy.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.0
...an attempted high tech update of yesteryears urbane screwball comedies. It works for a while, then Liman lets the gadgetry overtake the repartee.
2.5
The result is a sporadically intriguing yet hopelessly slapdash endeavor that could (and should) have been so much better, which is a shame, really, g ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
This is a very cleverly made film with just the right touch of humor.It is a popcorn movie that is a lot of fun to watch.
Lariat
2.0
The movie sags just a bit in the middle, when its still setting up all the pieces, but that third act with the car chase and its subsequent shooting a ..
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Director Doug Liman hammers the action across in fast and furious style, hoping the sheer noise and body count will make us forget that the script is ..
News Review
3.5
There are some remarkably inventive sequences that keep is gasping with both excitement and laughter.And with a bit of sexy banter thrown in, theres n ..
Shadows On The Wall
2.0
The Problems Liman handles the action scenes well enough but at two hours the film definitely outstays its welcome.
View London
1.3
A mish mash of action adventure clichs, book ended with lame attempts at psychological interest.
Cs Monitor
1.5
It begins well enough, with the Smiths being interviewed by that unseen counselor; Jolies sly comic timing, in particular, shines here.
Film Journal International ..
3.8
Its genuinely funny at times and is sometimes genuinely thrilling.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
0.6
It was precisely at the 70 minute mark, where Brad Pitt is repeatedly kicking Angelina Jolie in the stomach, that I figured, no. Stop hoping.
Smh
3.0
Still, its their star quality that keeps the film fairly effective as bubble headed entertainment, but its never anything more than that and sometimes ..
Mountain X
3.5
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie hardly qualify as a latter day William Powell and Myrna Loy, but they handle the Nick and Nora Charles style zingers with ..
Npr
1.5
Supercharged by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with potentially catas ..
Star Tribune
2.5
A look at the long day in the busy life of a Toronto councillor In the face of a surprise cut to the number of wards and councillors proposed by the p ..
Toronto Star
3.0
Its a space overflowing with comforts that exemplify the height of style but with no real warmth.
Emanuellevy
2.5
Its remarkable that something so bloodlessly one dimensional could result.
Reel Talk Reviews
3.1
A lot of the beats are a bit too familiar from previous entries in the series, which isnt surprising given that this is the fifth film to play off the ..
Q Network
3.5
And its often entertaining to see the action sequences intertwined in the paper thin story.
Cinema Crazed
4.0
But its a crowd pleaser and some married couples will get a nice bite out of it.
4.0
Echoing the black wit of the Jack Nicholson/Kathleen Turner classic Prizzis Honor (1985) but with a screwball pace and doses of hi tech action, its no ..
Bbc
3.1
This awkward, but realistic, detachment only makes their ultimate rekindling all the more satisfying and sexy.
The Movie Boy
3.5
For a movie thats tailor made to be big and loud, the most entertaining moments are the quiet ones.
Bullz-Eye
3.5
In lesser hands, this could have been a lumbering, boring action film.
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
In the end, star charisma and Limans style win us over and we relax into a sophisticated summertime diversion that is noticeably intended for adults.
Calendar Live
4.4
Firing guns throwing punches and knives and blowing stuff up just feels good doesnt it.But you do have to throw logic out the window when youre in the ..
Hollywood
2.0
Pitts gift is that hes beautiful and sensitive, and in movies like A River Runs Through It and Troy, hes magical.
Seattle Pi
1.5
The story is hopelessly ludicrous.These people are supposed to be the best of the best when it comes to killing.
Tony Medley
3.0
The movie is pornography of violence that plays out like a remotely operated video game full of droll asides and sarcastic exchanges.
Coles Mithey
4.5
But just as important is the action thriller element, which takes the slapstick comedy of the screwball genre to a heady, over the top new level, maki ..
Pajiba
2.5
It is an utter mixed bag, so schizophrenic a viewer needs a combination of Dramamine and Zoloft to get through it.
Movie Freak
3.1
This is never more true than in the clumsily, overly convenient finale that doesnt stand up to commonsense scrutiny.
Spliced Wire
3.5
The action isnt enough to carry the film itself.It is the tongue in cheek humor throughout the film that makes it work.
7M Pictures
2.0
Once the cats out of the bag and the spouses become mortal enemies, the film takes a nosedive, morphing from a sleek, winking comedy into an assembly ..
Oregon Live
5.0
...Liman continues to reinvigorate the action thriller genre with verit esque handheld camerawork and innovative fight choreography.
Boxoffice Magazine
2.0
Not only a sexy action comedy but the most unexpected date movie this summer.
E Online
4.5
As an undemanding Friday night popcorn flick, this is right on the money.
Mirror
3.5
Pitt, it can be said, hits the right tone and has all the requisite equipment for a titillating Jolie partnership.
Varia Gate
3.1
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Kansas City
1.9
The film seems to rely on a certain unseen, unspoken tension, tone.But I found that tension quite incomplete.
Ross Anthony
2.0
the script became a jumble of disjointed scenarios that prolongs the agony with inanity that fails to work even within the confines of very, very blac ..
Killer Movie Reviews
4.0
One of the most entertaining and most successful movie star pictures of its decade.
Antagony & Ecstasy
3.1
The films climax degenerates into an oddly uninvolving shoot out.
Big Picture Big Sound
3.1
Its consistently funny, often charming and occasionally insightful.
3.1
Mr. and Mrs. Smith is a comedy thriller that shines when Jolie and Pitt get to trade delicious barbs, but doesnt quite live up to its potential.
Waffle Movies
2.5
With a film starring beautiful players and featuring guns and violence, it should have had sure fire summer blockbuster hit written all over it.
Movie Crypt
3.0
Its also a comedy with extraordinary characters having some ordinary problems.
Movie Web
3.8
Movie stars trade quips, stuff blows up, audiences go home happy.
Montreal Film Journal
4.0
Its preposterous, but Liman gives it such a seductive, playfully hip texture that you happily embrace the fantasy.
News Week
2.0
But it doesnt even match that disappointing comedy in achieving as many laughs.
Dennis Schwartz Reviews
2.0
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Entertainment Times Online ..
3.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
3.0
The movie is gleefully amoral, gleefully smug and gleefully chaotic.
Guide Live
3.0
It succeeds because it knows how to make the most of its karmic good fortune.
Flip Side Archive
3.8
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Freep
2.5
...the script runs out of fresh ideas fast and degenerates quickly.
Movie Metropolis
3.0
Leaves out some things you would think necessary, includes some you wouldnt expect, and in the process comes up with an original, ceaselessly entertai ..
Film Blather
3.8
xpertly entertaining on several levels ... but what really revs up the movie and launches it into comedy heaven are the performances of Brad Pitt and ..
M Tv
3.5
Unfortunately, the good marks earned during the first three quarters of the movie are almost thrown away by an all action finale that brings new meani ..
Future Movies
1.5
There are many combustible elements in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, but the key players are not among them. ...were just watching two gorgeous bodies trying to ..
James Sanford on Film
3.8
Mr. & Mrs. Smith is like The War of the Roses combined with one of those Spy vs. Spy cartoons that used to run in Mad magazine.
Aisle Seat
3.8
We want you to be happy!.What if I do a mailing and get returned mail
Movie Eye
4.0
Its a hit, man (no, its two hitmen, which makes it twice as entertaining).
TheMovieChicks.com
2.0
Yet once screenwriter Simon Kinbergs narrative conceit is revealed and Pitt and Jolie are assigned to kill each other, theres nothing left but dreary ..
Nicks Chager
3.1
Smith isnt so lively fun the jokes are more giggles than out loud laughs and the chases become all too overblown unlike the restraint of Bourne.
Dark Horizons
4.5
Pitt lends just the right amount of bemusement to make the proceedings seem, well, if not quite credible, then at the very least charmingly farfetched ..
IGN Movies
3.5
Its genius social clowning made all the better by its performers.
Films Nobs
2.0
Theres nothing on its mind because it doesnt have one. Even more disastrously, it doesnt have a heart.
Review Journal
3.1
Seeing five films in one day isnt the easiest thing in the world to do (especially if youre as cold natured as I am), but it is quite fun if you have ..
The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
2.5
You know the stunts done with smoke and mirrors, but Jolies great gift is that you absolutely believe that she could do it, and probably complete some ..
Seattle Times
4.5
There comes a time in every marriage, usually at the 5 or 6 year mark when you want to kill your spouse. Pitt and Jolie sizzle together.
Eclipse Magazine
4.0
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and director Doug Liman team up for a perfect piece of snap crackle popcorn entertainment.
Net Flix
3.0
Liman has a terrific gift for staging action, and each successive picture hes made has found the filmmaker more confident with budget and tonal change ..
Film Jerk
4.0
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Film Force Ign
3.8
Its so breezily managed by Simon Kinbergs script that you never give the movies central coincidence a second thought.
Premiere Magazine
3.8
... A wonderful take on the action comedy with twisted humor worthy of Hitchcock.
Stardem
1.3
A sickening, socially irresponsible glorification of depraved and sadistic behavior...The worst film of 2005.
Fantastic A Daily
4.5
A spicy, cinematic gumbo of Prizzis Honor, The War of the Roses, True Lies, and Spy Vs. Spy with a dash of John Woo added for flavor.
Fantastic A Daily
2.0
More attention is lavished on the fight and chase scenes than the relatively superficial message, but you dont go to a big budget summer movie in sear ..
Reel Times: Reflections on ..
0.5
Lets leave aside its profound self satisfaction, its narratives absurdities .. Well, on second thought, perhaps we cant leave all that aside, because ..
World Socialist Web Site
3.8
The rise of the open office concept has been met, of late, with predictions of its fall.
Suburban Chicago News
2.5
The movie is best when its about a married couple who inhabit action movies for a living, and falters when it wants to be an action movie itself.
Gost Dog
4.0
An absolutely ridiculous movie that happens to be ridiculously fun.
Supercala.com
3.1
The sharp dialogue is too often drowned out by the incessant explosions and automatic weapons fire.
3.8
A violent romp with no socially redeeming value but its fun and sexy as hell.
Zap2it.com
2.5
So maybe the tabloid crashing Pitt Jolie friendship emerged out of the shared torture of having endured Simon Kinbergs script
Arizona Daily Star
1.5
Promises more than it delivers (what film doesnt), and degenerates badly (and, to my mind, unforgivably) in the second half.
San Diego Metropolitan
3.6
Mr. and Mrs. Smith is a playful film, sort of a War of the Roses by way of True Lies, and it never tries to preach or give its characters some crisis ..
Chud
2.5
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Nyc Film Critic
1.0
The problem is that nothing matters. Its just two very attractive people shooting at each other and blowing things up.
3.0
Very much an action movie, albeit one thats uncharacteristically mischievous and lighthearted...
Now Playing Mag
2.0
The script skates between tense and trite but the chemistry between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie is irresistable.
Edge Boston
4.5
Actioner thrives on killer stars. Jolie and Pitt sizzle as assassins.
4.5
As witty, as fast paced and as funny as the better comedies of Hollywoods screwball era.
Democratand Chronicle
3.5
There are plenty of guns, explosions and thrilling car chases for the Johns and loads of spicy, hot romance for the Janes.Just sit back, suspend belie ..
Franks Reel Reviews
3.8
Mr. And Mrs. Smith is great fun! Its no Academy piece but itll give you some laughs, and giggles, while watching things go boom and bullets fly about. ..
Blunt Review
3.8
Theres something entertaining about watching two adults shooting at each other and destroying their belongings all in the name of therapy.
Cinema Sight
1.5
With no glint of interpersonal chemistry, Mr. and Mrs. Smith is sent off to hobble on crutches of weak one liners and weaker shootem up scenes.
Rich Mond
3.1
If you can imagine an unhappy marriage as a house of flying daggers and torrents of verbal spousal abuse transformed by a comic vision into fusillades ..
Boston Herald
3.0
This could be the start of a great franchise. Mr. and Mrs. Smith Go To Washington anyone
2.5
Should have been funnier, or at least not played the dramatic irony card so soon...lags and uneven pacing kill the chemistry.
Cinerina
3.0
theres enough good humour to keep the clouds from forming for too long.
The List
2.0
The women are simply trying to pass the awkward moments with civil conversation.
Romantic Movies About
3.8
Limans utter lack of sentimentality gives the film its dramatic weight.
Lj World
2.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith is an action comedy for suburban women thats as toothless as a newborn, and nearly as stupid.
1.3
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 ..
3.0
While the ads would lead you to believe this is an action film, its really more of a comedy.
Ww2 Gazette
3.0
For connoisseurs of shoot em ups and Jolies legs, instant gratification awaits.
Independent (UK)
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