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.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie hardly qualify as a latter-day William Powell and Myrna Loy, but they handle the Nick and Nora Charles-style zingers with enough snap that you can generally tell they're zingers.
– Bob Mondello,
NPR.org,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
Mr. & Mrs. Smith works on almost every level and against all odds.
– Ken Tucker,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
12 May 2006
rotten:
The couple's dark, deadpan banter is amusing, particularly during a car chase in which they rapidly exchange some home truths. But there's a coldness to their characters that is never resolved.
– Amy Simmons,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
What sounds in principle like a pitch for a TV pilot instead plays like an old-fashioned romantic comedy with updated hardware.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
26 Sep 2005
rotten:
Have we lost our minds and souls so completely to celebrity worship that drivel like Mr. and Mrs. Smith can thrive and prosper?