Mr. and Mrs. ALIAS

Rating: Null/10 (5 July 2005)

I heard so much about this film prior to its release and after I saw it I think its probably one of the dumbest movies I have seen this year. This is pretty much like the show "Alias" but doesn't even have supporting cast to rescue it from the disaster that it really is. From the very opening scene where Pitt and Jolie are getting marriage counselling I felt they are just going through the lines like they are reading of some cards; you felt it was like fake acting and their whole interaction just got to be worse through out the whole movie; they just had no depth that would translate to some kind of chemistry. Most audiences are sold on the idea that just because these two stars have huge sex appeal,hence, that equals to screen chemistry and I am sorry to say that Ms. Jolie doesn't have any kind appeal even in a dumb movie like this.
Pitt on the other hand is an actor who's game is raised by what others bring to the table; when he feels he is challenged his acting becomes better; even in a film like Ocean's 12 where he is having an affair with a cop "Catherine Zeta-Jones" and those few scenes had much more chemistry than all the scenes in this movie; and that was a pure pop-corn movie yet it had many great moments. Again in an older film like Seven there was a great chemistry between Pitt and "Gwyneth Paltrow" given that they were dating but they didn't even have to talk to each other on the screen; the same in "Spy Game" with "Catherine McCormack" the chemistry was in their interaction and by far richer than Ms. Jolie whom we are sold on this idea that she is this hot sexy thing that sizzles on the screen.
I read some of the other reviews here and I feel I watched a whole other movie?. First the story of two people who meet in a hotel in south America both standing behind the door scared and not either suspecting the other as to why? then jump cut to married several years later and you have not even shown a series of shots of how those few years were like, their missions, or any clue as to one even suspecting another. You just are given these superficial scenes with Joile trying to do her best to convince you that she can act. I hate to compare but if you watch "Alias" you can see "Jennifer Garner" along with the whole cast really do their best in that one hour to bring depth no matter how bizarre the plot is; its her interactions with the rest of the cast that makes her believable, she can be tough and Daddy's little girl at the same time, she makes the character human and her face can take up the whole screen and you can read a lot in her expressions and I think she would have done a much better job in this film than Ms. Jolie.
This is the same director who did "Bourne Identity" which was a terrific film; the whole chemistry between Jason and Marie was developed so beautifully slowly but it was believable; I felt with all the action the interaction between them stood out and that's what made it "Bourne a great action film. In Mr. and Mrs. Smith you don't even care to like the characters; this movie had potential to become much better film; there was so many scenes that could have been slowed down and more about the problems of two people in a marriage and yes at the same time being funny and a action film but its became one big joke and even when you see Joile shed a tear in a restaurant thinking she killed Pitt its quickly ruined by Pitt's surprise arrival and their brutal tango throwing knives across tables and not even one person noticing it?
Lets face it this was just an idea of putting two box office stars together to make an action film with any script; because there is no story here that you care to even understand, it has no direction even as a comedy; I find the TV show "Alias" more enjoyable and even more interesting than this stupid movie.