I have no idea why people are dumping on this movie.

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2005)

I have no idea why people are dumping on this movie.
I just saw it yesterday, and it's really quite a lot of fun. The character development is nice and quirky, the dialog is funny as hell, sometimes, and Brad and Angelina are both, as usual, quite wonderful.
The action scenes play like a cartoon, and I fully believe they were meant to play that way. If anything, they're mostly tongue in cheek, anybody who doubts that should consider the shot when Mr. Smith (Brad) is tip-toeing around the house, trying not to get shot and then knocks over a teapot, fumbles to catch it and then grunts in painful anticipation as its top then falls off to the ground.
The therapy scenes are also quite funny, and the couple grow from seeming bored with futility to being quite joyfully smug about where they are now. The last scene, although somewhat Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, is all the better for it - and the ending is logical given the couples collective body counts. You'll know what I mean if and when you see it.
Why the bad reviews? Why the people going on about it being bad? I have no clue, really. I can hazard a few guesses - maybe they guys hate Brad for getting Jolie, maybe the women hate Angelina for getting Pitt, maybe these people just can't tell a whacking good time when they see it. Maybe they wanted it to be more 'realistic' - as though movies were obliged to mirror reality, maybe they wanted more sex scenes, and y'know what - maybe they're just 13 year olds with a chip on their shoulders. I don't know.
Can't say I care.
You shoudn't either.
Watch the damn thing, and god-damn - 6.7? What're you nuts?