Meh...

Rating: 6/10 (12 June 2005)

The only weak aspects of this film are the cheesy dialog and somewhat overkilled action sequences. Lines like, "There's no place I'd rather be than right here with you," and, when Mrs. Smith finds out about a past romance involving Mr. Smith and another woman before the couple met:
MRS. SMITH: What's her name and social security number? MR. SMITH: No,honey, you're not going to kill her.
Eh, we've heard stuff like that before. Mind you, Pitt and Jolie are no rookies, they have the ability to take this dry dialog and give it somewhat of a sub-textual backbone. I will say, however, that the counseling sequences are done very well and utilize awkwardness in a wonderfully comedic style, I enjoyed that very much.
As far as the action sequences go, one can pretty much predict the direction of the scenes. These predictable sequences, however, are preceded by one extremely definitive scene after Mr. and Mrs. Smith find out that they are each other's targets. This scene, my favorite from the film, could be defined as action although there is no action during this scene. Both characters know that their job is to kill one another, but they have a hard time with such an awkward situation, even for assassins like themselves.
In a nutshell, Mr. and Mrs. Smith is a decent flick, but it's just that, a flick, not a work of art or the action adventure of the year. If you get a chance, see it. If you don't get the chance, that's okay too.