Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

Director:

Doug Liman

Writer (WGA):

Simon Kinberg (written by)

Release Date:

10 June 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other.

Plot Keywords:

Assassin | Marriage | Marriage Counselling | Dominatrix | Shot In The Chest

Awards:

8 wins & 16 nominations

Cast

Brad Pitt	...	John Smith
Angelina Jolie	...	Jane Smith
Vince Vaughn	...	Eddie
Adam Brody	...	Benjamin Danz
Kerry Washington	...	Jasmine
Keith David	...	Father
Chris Weitz	...	Martin Coleman
Rachael Huntley	...	Suzy Coleman
Michelle Monaghan	...	Gwen
Stephanie March	...	Julie - Associate #1
Jennifer Morrison	...	Jade - Associate #2
Theresa Barrera	...	Janet - Associate #3
Perrey Reeves	...	Jessie - Associate #4
Melanie Tolbert	...	Jamie - Associate #5
Jerry T. Adams	...	Guard - Bull

Also Known As:

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, intense action, sexual content and brief strong language.

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Taiwan:PG-12 | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | Malaysia:18SG | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:NC-16 (unrated DVD version) | Denmark:11 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) (original rating) | Ireland:15 (video rating) | Ireland:15A (original rating) | Canada:18A (Manitoba) (unrated DVD version) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41115) | France:U | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | Hong Kong:IIA | Poland:15 | Singapore:PG | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Peru:14 | Sweden:11 | Greece:K-13 | Norway:15 | Brazil:14 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | New Zealand:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Germany:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | South Korea:15 | Indonesia:Dewasa

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Regency Enterprises

Trivia:

The shot of the helicopter flying over Bogotá at the start of the flashback sequence was originally used in Clear and Present Danger (1994). For its appearance in Mr & Mrs Smith, CGI was used to enhance it with burning buildings and someone sitting in the rear passenger seat of the chopper.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: At the beginning at the fair, John buys two games for the shooting. Both he and Jane got five shots each. When Jane wanted to go again she shot a total of nine times.

Quotes:

[first lines]
John Smith: [at the marriage counselor's] OK, I'll go first. Um... Let me say, uh, we don't really need to be here. See, we've been married for five years.
Jane Smith: Six.
John Smith: [chastened] Five, six years.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Indie Sex: Censored (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Cool Breeze

Bring back the Hitchcock!

Worthless is a word I rarely use about movies (I can find some good in just about any piece of junk), but MR. & MRS. SMITH comes as close as any film I've seen in long while. I find this particularly disheartening from a director like Doug Liman, whose past work in both independent and mainstream ("Swingers," "Go" and "The Bourne Identity") I've loved. But the worthless, pointless, unreal characters on display here are mind-blowing. Ditto the "attitude" that passes for performance from leads Jolie and Pitt.

From the first scene, one cannot help but question how these two supposedly top-of-the-line (in intelligence and skill) assassins could not know and would not bother to check into what the other does for a living--not to mention that the people they work for would wait "five, six years" before showing any concern. But then, if Liman and writer Simon Kinberg had acknowledged any of this, there would have been no movie. Know what? There shouldn't have been.

Yeah, yeah--I do realize that the film has now grossed around $300,000 worldwide. So what? We've gleefully sunk how many billions into Iraq? Money, dear viewers, can be wasted in all kinds of rotten ways.