Mr. & Mrs. Smith

"'Til death do us part."

2005 2h 0m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 11,568

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Synopsis

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A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignments require them to kill each other.

“'Til death do us part.”

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Cast

Angelina Jolie
Jane Smith
Brad Pitt
John Smith
Vince Vaughn
Eddie
Adam Brody
Benjamin Danz
Kerry Washington
Jasmine
Keith David
Father
Chris Weitz
Martin Coleman
Rachael Huntley
Suzy Coleman

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Doug Liman
Writers: Simon Kinberg, Robert Consing
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America, Switzerland

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MONEY

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$110M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.4× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Switzerland.

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6 / 8

CAST

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431+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Doug Liman, shot by Bojan Bazelli. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Powell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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The take

Doug Liman directs. Bojan Bazelli behind the camera. John Powell scores. Michael Tronick cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America, Switzerland. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

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1$110M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 4.4× over at the box office.
3Released 21 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
5International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Switzerland.
6431+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Directed by Doug Liman, shot by Bojan Bazelli. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by John Powell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Michael Tronick shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and Vince Vaughn carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "'Til death do us part.".
12IMDB entry: tt0356910 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1311,568 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
14Classified under 15 themes, including "assassin", "bomb", "hitman", "marriage crisis".
15Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Bojan Bazelli
Original score: John Powell
Editing: Michael Tronick
Production design: Jeff Mann
Costume design: Michael Kaplan
Makeup / hair: Beth Miller
VFX supervisor: Kevin Elam
Sound: Cameron Frankley
Stunt coordinator: Tim Trella
Runtime: 120 min · 2h 0m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $110,000,000
Box office: $487,287,646
Return: 443% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

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The Movie Diorama2020-01-16
★ 6/10
Mr. & Mrs. Smith explodes with flaming chemistry but assassinated its own script. “Brangelina”. Without Liman’s standard action comedy, we wouldn’t have had the power couple that dominated the tabloids. Several children wouldn’t have been adopted and brought up in a completely different, yet financially stable, environment. Jolie wouldn’t have been the charitable humanitarian she is now. And Shiloh’s first baby photograph wouldn’t have amassed over ten million dollars worldwide. Wow! Suffice to say, the two most beautiful humans in Hollywood have a substantial amount of gratitude to show Liman for his efforts in pairing them. If only his energetic vibrancy was enough to power the lacklustre screenplay, the balance of action and comedy could’ve been a landmark within the sub-genre. A bored upper middle class married couple are astonished to learn that they work for differing assassination organisations, soon to be assigned to kill each other. It’s your standard marriage. Winning a teddy bear at a carnival, falling in love whilst buying the most expensive mansion on the street, succumbing to the same mundane daily routine, destroying the house with an almighty shootout followed by a gas explosion, participating in the feistiest erotic love-making scene ever and naturally ending in marriage counselling. A cruel irony for “Brangelina”, maybe they should’ve watched the film they made together? Cynicism aside, what truly elevates the memorability of this feature is the onscreen (and offscreen, bow chicka wow wow...) chemistry of its leading stars. Jolie and Pitt are exceptionally effortless with their comedic timing, dramatic endeavours and high-octane action. The lightning-fast wit that they inject into Kinberg’s less than impressive script is nothing short of, well, impressive. They make the film. They are the film. And they certainly have solid taste in curtains. Liman maintains a light tone throughout, never dabbling into the cracks of the marriage which is vital for retaining a fun buoyancy. This isn’t an analysis on marital breakdown. It’s just a tongue in cheek slice of entertainment. Having said that, despite the tantalising chemistry of its leads, you never quite feel that they are truly in love. Unfortunately, Kinberg’s script is so vacuous in emotional conviction, that both Smiths resemble roommates than a married couple. Understandably the marriage is stale as they conform to their upper middle class lifestyle, but even when they fight and makeup, there’s no real connection. I yearn to see Jolie and Pitt lust over each other. The momentum essentially grinds to a halt after their house explodes, with Kinberg’s script focussing on a central plot point involving “The Tank” and an onslaught of heavily armed operatives raiding a department store. Attention for the splendid couple instantly dissipated with a third act that seemingly refused to end, ultimately losing the acute fun that preceded the underwhelming conclusion. The whole “keeping up appearances” act was tossed out of the smashed window, and that was the sole element that made the film incredibly fun. Mr. & Mrs. Smith doesn’t conclude with a divorce, as it is sensible light entertainment for the vast majority of its runtime, yet the concluding act and poor screenplay prevent the marriage from flourishing fully. Angelina Jolie man! I would abandon my homosexuality for her...
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★ 5/10
Average performances, average script. What did you expect?
JPV8522022-04-28
★ 7/10
Been a long time since I last watched this and while not great, was certainly entertaining thanks to the charisma and chemistry between Pitt and Jolie and the action from director Doug Liman was well done. Kind of had a weird ending with no resolution with their respective agencies going after them. 3.5/5