THE KID'S REVIEW OF:
MR. AND MRS. SMITH - THE UNRATED VERSION

OPENING THOUGHTS

    If you were to put two of the most beautiful people in the world in a movie together, add real life drama and a kick ass script, you're bound to get fireworks right? Well it worked for Chairman Of The Board, starring Carrot Top and Courtney Thorne-Smith. And with Mr. And Mrs. Smith.

ACTING

    ANGELINA JOLIE is a work or art. More specifically, a masterpiece. A master piece of ass! Yeah! Ha ha! Anyway... I can honestly say she's never looked better, kicked more ass, or appeared to have more fun than in this movie. Maybe it was due to the fact that during filming she had her co-star pumping her so hard and fast she didn't know which way was up. I couldn't say. But I can say that she is 1/3 of the reason this movie works so well, she's totally believable as a house wife, a spy and a lover no longer happy with her home life. I think one of the reasons I like Jolie so much is because she has a desire to make her world better a place but can also go do movies that that are fun and well made. With the exception of Life Or Something Like It.
    BRAD PITT is the lucky son of a bitch that is fucking my future wife. Thanks Brad for warming her up for me. Pitt is also 1/3 of why this movie isn't a total disaster and a straight to video pile of shit. Again, the chemistry between Jolie and Pitt is so palpable that Helen Keller could pick up on it. But Pitt is also one hell of an actor, yes he may be gorgeous and women have to take a mop with them into the theatre just to watch his movies, but he does his damn homework. He comes off so damn natural and calm that it makes me wanna puke. I highly suggest watching the behind the scenes shit on the movies he's in, this one included, cause it really gives in insight as to how much this guy know about his art.
    THE SUPPORTING CAST... ok Vince Vaughn has become the standard "go to guy." You need a crazy best friend, wacky landlord, eccentric auto mechanic? Call up Vaughn. Or Christopher Walken. Oh shit! Get them BOTH in a movie playing father and son... sorry, I digress. Vaughn plays John Smith's friend and partner in the spy business. He's fucking hilarious and has managed to make some good one-liners even though he's onscreen for maybe 15 minutes.

DIRECTION AND SCRIPT

    DOUG LIMAN didn't have a whole lot of success prior to this, he did Swingers and The Bourne Identity which were both really good. It's surprising this movie comes off as well as it does. In fact, I credit Liman as being the final 1/3 of why this movie works. The attention to detail he has, the performances he got from the actors, the tone and look of the movie are all credit to him and his direction. The comedy is spot on, the action is amazing and the drama that unfolds is superbly done. I actually found myself interested as to what was going to happen at the end.
    SIMON KINBERG needed a good thing on his resume real bad cause up to this point he was a royal fuck up with xXx: State of the Union. So he managed to whip up this little baby, which easily could've bombed with a different cast and/or director. Now I don't wanna go so far as to say that the script isn't good, cause that's simply not true. It is however the weakest link in the chain. The actors, the director, the cinematographer, composer... all are solid, and that makes up for a less than stellar story. I'm not saying the premise isn't clever or funny, it is... I'm just saying that had any of the other factors failed, this would've been a nightmare. Unfortunately for Kinberg, nothing came together on his follow up project, X-Men: The Last Stand... I bet he's looking for another opportunity to prove that he's not a one hit wonder.

THEVERDICT

    This movie is a great example of how "big budget" "popcorn movies" don't have to suck harder than Hefe sucks off G Baby. The characters were larger than life but believable, the action was well done and fun, the storyline was outlandish but never condescending to its audience and most of all the whole damn thing was sexier than shit.
 
 

RATING: B +


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