Had Much Potential, Lost Its Direction

Rating: 5/10 (10 June 2005)

The basis for this movie was really great - two professional assassins working for different arms of the service, unknown to each other even when they wed each other after a whirlwind romance brought about through circumstances beyond their control.
It smacks in part of earlier films such as 'Spy Kids' and 'Undercover Blues', while the deteriorating relationship that makes up the body of the plot invokes a deja vu feeling again, this time calling 'The War Of The Roses' into memory.
While the story line is intelligent, it loses its crispness by not deciding whether it should be a thrilling comedy or something more serious. The end result is that it pleases neither camp wholeheartedly.
Sure, many will find this movie a must see, based on the draw power of the lead players alone, and the fact that they are both extremely photogenic adds to its cause.
However, strip off the veneer of Hollywood gloss and Mr & Mrs emerges as a movie with so much potential that fizzled out, sort of like a marriage that has gone on for too long and seen much better days.