Jane and John Smith may have ordinary names but they are no ordinary couple.

Rating: 8/10 (7 July 2005)

Mr and Mrs Smith is funny, sexy and action-packed, appealing to both men and women. It's hard to believe that Nicole Kidman was originally selected to play Jane. Jolie and Pitt are perfectly cast as they look like they could pull off the stunts in real life and they play off well against each other. This film has received a lot of publicity and for all of the wrong reasons. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt work well together and it remains to be seen whether this is just good chemistry or something more. However, we don't go to the cinema to watch a film because we think the female lead destroyed her co-star's marriage and we don't choose not to go because we think she is a home-wrecker. We go because we want to be excited by the action, we want to be dazzled by the special effects and we want to be able to lose ourselves in a good story. Mr and Mrs Smith manages to tick all three boxes and doesn't fail to impress.