One Missing Ingredient....

Rating: Null/10 (4 June 2006)

There was one glaring omission to this otherwise decent action yarn, and that was in the area of film dialogue.
On the surface, the film provided a good story in the cat-and-mouse game between the two mercenaries played by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The two characters rode the roller coaster of partners-in-crime, lovers, friends, spouses, and rivals. But because the dialogue was so insipid, it would have been possible to turn off the sound and simply watch the story unfold visually without missing a beat.
What this film needed was snappy banter and witty one-upsmanship between the two leads. In those scenes when the couple faced the camera and opened up to the therapist, the bottom dropped out of this film.
Let's hope that the real-life relationship of Brad and Angelina is livelier and includes more interesting conversation than was apparent in the subpar "Mr. and Mrs. Smith."