Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: June 10, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
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Mixed or average reviews based on 41 Critic Reviews
Positive:
21
Mixed:
15
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
A kicky, twisted thrill ride, with enough laughs to leaven what can be read, at heart, as a metaphor for the modern marriage. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
Expertly tossing off the type of well-sharpened banter that was the domain of Gable and Lombard and Tracy and Hepburn, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie -- no matter what their off-camera status -- make one swell combative couple. Read full review
80
EmpireSimon Braund
A full-on action flick, subversive rom-com and weapons-grade star vehicle that’s drenched in Tinseltown glitz, from a director who knows how to put the money on the screen while his tongue’s firmly in his cheek. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Ken Tucker
A cool summer thriller whose laughs don't slow down the suspense. Read full review
80
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Plays like an old-fashioned romantic comedy with updated hardware. Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Jolie and Pitt project more than just body heat. They convey a multi-faceted attraction, toss off clever repartee and dazzle audiences with their seemingly natural connection. And that's worth watching. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
The screen smokes with sexual heat. But what's really erotic is how much fun the actors seem to be having. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
What makes the movie work is that 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. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Alas, around about the third act, the idea grows tired and the whole thing gets derailed. Too bad, because it's a good ride until it isn't. Read full review
75
PremierePeter Debruge
Features some of the best fight and chase footage you'll see all summer. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
In the end, star charisma and Liman's style win us over and we relax into a sophisticated summertime diversion that is noticeably intended for adults. Read full review
70
SlateDavid Edelstein
There's a car chase that's more fluid and inventive than the much-touted freeway sequence in "The Matrix Reloaded," and the stars are nimble enough to make their acrobatics credible--no matter how many stunt doubles the picture employed. Read full review
70
Film ThreatClint Morris
As he proved with "The Bourne Identity," director Doug Liman can devise an enjoyable little action movie. Read full review
70
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Some people will see Mr. and Mrs. Smith as cynical, but I think its heart is deeply romantic, admittedly in an anvil-on-the-head kind of way. It's a love story not for the faint of heart. In other words, it's a lot like marriage. Read full review
70
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
The fact that Pitt and Jolie have not been associated with this type of action is something of a help, but what was needed was the off-balance tickle that--to fantasize--Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell would have given it. Read full review
70
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Imagine "The War of the Roses" remade as a James Bond fantasy, with appropriately high-tech weaponry, and you have some idea of what Doug Liman's heavily armed comedy has in store. Read full review
70
Village VoiceDennis Lim
A tongue-in-cheek allegory on the hazards of harboring secrets in a relationship, Mr. & Mrs. Smith is most entertaining when the Smiths are hell-bent on mutual annihilation. Read full review
70
Dallas ObserverBill Gallo
Here is "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" inflated to lethal proportion, or "The War of the Roses" reimagined as World War III. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
For all the nimbleness of its first half and the chemical zing of Pitt and Jolie, the film devolves into a fractious and explosive mess, hitting the same note of ''ironic'' violence over and over. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Mr. & Mrs. Smith kicks off with panache and star power - and quickly wears out its welcome. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The problem with Mr. and Mrs. Smith is that it's really two movies in one. The first is a sly comedy/thriller worthy of Hitchcock, and the other is a big, noisy summer action flick. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The movie reminded me of a relatively new product, the little translucent wafer that you put on your tongue to freshen your breath. One hit of intense flavor and the thing dissolves without a trace.
60
VarietyTodd McCarthy
An exhaustingly elaborate romantic fantasy actioner. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianMarc Mohan
If the two most gorgeous people in the world alternately bantering and making out isn't enough to compel the attention of the average American moviegoer, then we are truly doomed. Read full review
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Pitt coasts through the movie in second gear. I have no idea what he's trying to accomplish with his tight-lipped, low-key performance; maybe he's angling to replace Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible IV." Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
It's a perfect role for Jolie, whose seductive looks always seem to be concealing something dangerous, even predatory, and she brings out a looseness in Pitt, who fares much better in comedic roles than when playing things straight and stoic (i.e. Troy). Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Only Vince Vaughn registers hilariously as John's boss. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle Smith
An action comedy for suburban women that's as toothless as a newborn, and nearly as stupid. It tries so hard to be cute that it practically drools on your shoulder. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Maybe my priorities are wrong, but this inquiring mind wants to know when these two will find a movie entirely worthy of his understatement and her naughtiness. This one has its moments, but it's also littered with action-flick junk. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
By the time the film winds itself up, the sophisticated fizz of its first 45 minutes has been smothered by explosive bombast. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Uneven, ineffective mash-up of sex comedy and artillery-heavy action. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
Jolie has a gangly inelegance that suggests a giraffe trying to hang wallpaper -- but the entire movie is predicated on a spark between its prettier-than-thou stars that seems to have bypassed the screen and ignited in the tabloids instead. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
This romantic-comedy action movie is a fizzle. Read full review
40
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
What counts in a movie like this are stars so dazzling that we won't really notice or at least mind the cut-rate writing and occasionally incoherent action. Sometimes Mr. Pitt and Ms. Jolie succeed in their mutual role as sucker bait, sometimes they don't, which is why their new joint venture is alternately a goof and a drag. Read full review
40
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
To watch Mr. & Mrs. Smith, which continually sacrifices its potential for sophisticated fun on the altar of style and physical stunts, is to realize how far we've come from the great movies of, say, George Cukor or Howard Hawks. Read full review
40
The New YorkerDavid Denby
The movie is a technological and publicity triumph, and a calamity in every other way. Read full review
38
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
It's hard to know what these stars are ready for after this fiasco. Maybe a fitness video. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
A deeply stupid and offensive action comedy-romance. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The movie is a mish-mash of action-adventure clichés, book-ended with lame attempts at psychological interest. Written, directed, and acted with ham-fisted heaviness. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
It may be emblematic of new-millennium Hollywood that this movie has turned out to be one more emotionless, brainless, overproduced action film. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
The film is glossy, but awful. Frenetic, but awful. Expensive, but awful. ... And awful. Read full review
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