Not everything is always what it seems -- living double lives -- the spy game continues

Rating: 10/10 (11 July 2005)

What do you get when you cross a Tomb Raider with a Troy? Another Spy Game and even better! Mr. and Mrs. Smith is one of the best movies ever made about the subject of espionage. In addition, Angelina Jolie is an amazing actor and one of the most gorgeous women in the history of the world. Brad Pitt, equally, is one of the most talented and top fifteen, best actors of all time. There was no way this movie could lose. It won. Five stars. Hands downthe quintessential and unequivocal, "spies next door" movie. Perfectly scripted. Perfectly cast. Perfectly executed. Perfectly choreographed. Perfectly balanced. Perfect length. Perfect. Mr. and Mrs. Smith could not have been any better. Badass, kick ass fight scenes. Matrix style moves. As high tech as could possibly be. Truly intriguing. The cinematography is brilliantcrisp and rich. Sharp. Greatly defined. Bold. Daring. Extraordinarily textured. Breathtaking. Heart racing. Pulse-pounding. Suspenseful. Explosive! Mr. and Mrs. Smith is a movie that's so good, so remarkable, so incredibly exciting, that even if you're law abiding and non-violent, you want to hurt someone who says something bad about it. It's that darn good. Jolie and Pitt, two marvelous, thoroughbred, top ranked, world-class pros, blaze the silver screen with their prowess and leave all opposition and would-be haters in the dust. Their characters, coined some of the most deadliest operatives on the planet, are no laughing matter despite a hearty menu of well timed and interlaced jokes. The rocket scientists (Simon Kinberg and Doug Liman, et. al) who developed the formula, which powers this wonder, deserve a medal. The chemistry is unparalleled. The recipe must not be destroyed and must be protected as a matter of national securityand of course, audience morale. Such ought to be an executive, presidential directive. The movie leaves you wanting and craving more actionmore adrenalinemore scenes. And to think, that somewhere, there are in fact, people who really do the kind of work that these characters do in Mr. and Mrs. Smith is nuts. But I guess, as some experts have said, if someone really wants to be a spy, that person has to be "spy crazy." I've seen a lot of spy flicks and Mr. and Mrs. Smith is as crazy as it gets. An instant spy classic.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, one of the top five spy movies of all time. Bottom line.