A forgettable, but not badly acted, popcorn movie

Rating: 6/10 (19 February 2006)

I didn't go into the theater with great expectations. First of all, I am an avid Jennifer Aniston fan and believed that Brad Pitt (John) was scum for cheating on her and Angelina Jolie (Jane) was trash for going so as well. Now that that is out of the way, onward to my comments.
It starts with a couple whose relationship firstly began with passion, though after five, or six, years it was all but lost. They have normal relationship issues excluding one. Oops, they're spies and they find that they're next assignment is each other. I saw it a few weeks after it opened and already the details are escaping me.
John and Jane both have their own insecurities, wondering whether or not the other just married them to make an easier kill. The sparks are genuine, I'm afraid, and the acting is not the problem. I enjoyed this movie somewhat though I can remember what I ate at the theater better than all of the witty banter. It's strictly a popcorn movie with no other value, no undermining lesson except 'be honest, for all you know your spouse could be a hit (wo)man.'
Some of the issues of the movie were the fact that the 'surprise' of the film were shown in the commercials (unavoidable, but...) and the 'twists' are not surprising and you can see them coming from a mile away. Despite the fact that I dislike Jolie and Pitt personally (well, from what I know of them) it is undoubtable that they did a fine job in this movie and the acting was above par. Don't go into this too eagerly, it's not worth that, but, considering it all, it's not a bad movie.
6/10 stars