Review of Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) by Dawdlingpoet — 28 Nov 2021

This definately isn't an exercise in realism but hey, how many people particularly want that when they go to the movies or go to see a film? I thought it was still pretty enjoyable, if not very daft, in a high action drama/comedy way.

There is a fair amount of violence and particularly gun use present in this movie, which of course is pretty much necessary and a pretty obvious element, given the story but I thought its worth mentioning as its shown in quite a blase way and I wouldn't recommend this movie be shown to kids, though it is rated 15 anyway, which is about right.

I thought the movie didn't really take itself seriously and rightly so, it definately has a sort of a slapstick feel about it. The acting was solid, which I fully expected and there's a good amount of eye candy, with Angelina Jolie for the guys (there's one particular scene where she's dressed up in a dominatrix costume, which im guessing will interest/excite alot of men) and Brad Pitt for the women, though personally I prefer Vince Vaughn, who also appears in this movie as John's friend Eddie.

This is probably a film more for the guys I would have thought, with the gun blazing action scenes and the presence of Ms Jolie, though thats not to say that women can't or won't enjoy it too. There are some fairly farcical moments and its definately true to say that again, this movie shouldn't be see as being all about a solid story because it isn't really, more will be interested in seeing what was talked about in the press at the time as being the start of Pitt & Jolie's relationship in real life. There is definately chemistry to be seen there, whether its just good acting, eh, ill leave that up to you to decide.

The movie is perhaps a little slow to really 'get going' but once it does, it stays there, if you know what I mean. At the end of the movie, there's a long drawn out shooting match between John & Jane and any number of rival assassins who want the bounty on their heads. Will they get out of it alive? do you really care? well, you can make your own mind up about that! it really is rather over the top and I suppose part of its daftness is that in a way it does take itself a bit too seriously but hey, it works alright as something fairly diverting to watch to while away an evening.