Mr. and Mrs. Beautiful

Rating: 7/10 (9 June 2005)

We know before going to the theater to watch this action/comedy flick that it's a 100% commercial movie, so we know what to expect. Then why did we go? We went because we are either fans of Brad Pit or Angelina Jolie or even better admirers of both. Then the true question would be did they have chemistry? Yes they did! These two magnificent creatures mingle and mix, attract like magnets and definitely look good together. Unlike Brad's/Julia's collaboration in The Mexican which sucked, this one did not because it's much faster and has no dull moments.
The movie opens with our 2 stars in a marriage counseling office and going back after 5 or 6 years to the day they both meet. Then the movie moves on to their present time where the main events take place. We discover that both of them are assassins working for 2 different competitive unofficial agencies. Their line of work has affected their marriage, the secrets they hide from each other has become burdens on their chests. Suddenly they are separately assigned to the same mark, which led to the exposure of their true line of work, in turn their employers demand that they kill each other to protect the firm. The movie takes us on a wild ride with these 2 cats fighting, kicking, shooting them selves, which takes the shape of a marriage being chopped apart. In the heat of the flame of these fights them reach a point where they know they love each other so much and can't live without each other; they choose to take on the firm together which leads to more explosive scenes. Suddenly you find them back again at counseling and everything is great, which means their marriage is saved. I personally liked the way the director shifted from-to the last two scenes to bare us the usual ending scene of this kind movie, you know the scene when everything become OK and the hero takes his woman in his arms and suddenly you feel a certain strange taste in your mouth, you know what I am talking about.
I enjoyed this movie but I have to say its lame in terms of story line and precision, the script could have been much better; we needed more sharp sexy lines. Doug Liman directing is OK, he knows the answer is in being fast and moving with the camera in fast motion, like in Go and The Bourn Identity. Vince Vaughn is funny as always. The sound score was not to my expectation I believe they had to put in some great romantic songs and more dynamic techno beats and themes.
6.9/10
Only admirers of both these perfectly matched stars will enjoy this ride!