Of Love and War

Rating: 8/10 (3 December 2005)

I remembered watching Angelina Jolie on "Inside the Actor's Studio" and she talked about the film "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." She made an interesting and really poignant view on what the film is really about: an analogy on marriage. "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" tells the story of John and Jane Smith, a seemingly normal, yuppie couple who live in the upper class suburbs. They have been married for five or six years and the first part of their romance was passionate and interesting, but as the years went on their marriage became routinely boring. They go to marriage counseling, but the void between them only grows more and more. But there is one little detail that neither one knows about each other (or at least not yet): they are both highly trained professional assassins. When they both discover that little detail they proceed to try to kill each other. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt co-star as John and Jane Smith. Both actors are incredibly great to look at, but they are incredible actors. They both have excellent and smooth comedic timing as they sometimes poke fun of themselves. They are both genuinely great together as on-screen lovers and I personally would like to see them in a sequel. Vince Vaughn who plays Pitt's friend and partner is funny and it is very obvious why Doug Lyman continues to work with him. Speaking of Doug Lyman, he is unquestionably a director who makes comedies funny in a dry way and action movies cool and slick. Smart, funny, sexy, and great action sequences that make it great for men, women, and couples.