Good but flawed

Rating: 8/10 (28 June 2005)

Good, fun movie. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, neither of whom I particularly care for, had fabulous chemistry and worked well together. My biggest problem with the film was in the sound mix...the rather relentless music was brought way forward while the dialogue was far, far in the background. This made it difficult to hear the dialogue and follow the plot at times. Not that the plot was hard to follow...a nice, simple plot with some lovely twists...but it would have been nice to hear some of the punch lines...most of which I missed. Script-wise it would have been a good thing to strengthen both of the places where they worked so that the audience had a good feel for what they each did and where they did it. The supporting cast was terrific.