BBC
Echoing the black wit of the Jack Nicholson/Kathleen Turner classic Prizzi's Honor (1985) but with a screwball pace and doses of hi-tech action, it's not to be missed.
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie lead this 2005 spy-vs-spy action rom-com from Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity) about a married couple who don't know the other's an assassin - that is, until they're pitted against each other.
After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith are stuck in a huge rut. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly-paid assassins working for rival organisations. When they discover they're each other's next target, their secret lives collide in a spicy, explosive mix of wicked comedy, pent-up passion, nonstop action and high-tech weaponry.
Less2005Rating: PG-13120 minsUnited States of AmericaEpsilon Motion Pictures, Weed Road Pictures, Regency Enterprises, New Regency Pictures, Summit Entertainment
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) | Reviews
Slant Magazine
A fetish film for anyone who takes People magazine as a serious source of investigative journalism.
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Roger Ebert
Pitt and Jolie have fun together on the screen, and they're able to find a rhythm that allows them to be understated and amused even during the most alarming developments.
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The Washington Post
A long, hard slog for filmgoers who don't think that simply gazing at Pitt and Jolie constitutes a fun night out.
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Sydney Morning Herald
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.
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