Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

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

Director:

Doug Liman

Writer:

Simon Kinberg

Stars:

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn

9 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

John and Jane Smith are a normal married couple, living a normal life in a normal suburb, working normal jobs...well, if you can call secretly being assassins "normal". But neither Jane nor John knows about their spouse's secret, until they are surprised to find each other as targets! But on their quest to kill each other, they learn a lot more about each other than they ever did in five (or six) years of marriage.

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Plot Keywords:

assassin | target | marriage | suburb | therapy | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [ru]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

10 June 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sr. y Sra. Smith

Filming Locations:

1565 San Pasqual Street, Pasadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$2,524,261 (Italy) (2 December 2005)

Gross:

$186,336,103 (USA) (9 December 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Regency Enterprises, New Regency Pictures, Summit Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was the first choice for "Jane" but she turned it down due to filming dates.

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Goofs

When John races home the first time (in the wrong car mentioned in another goof), he slows as he turn into his driveway and the camera angle shows the car's instrument cluster. Not only is it the wrong cluster for the Lincoln Town Car he was just shown in; not only is it dark, indicating the headlights aren't on even though they were just shown to be on; but the only things visible in the cluster are the engine, brake and SRS lights, indicating that the engine is OFF.

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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.

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Connections

Referenced in 2006 MTV Movie Awards (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Girl from Ipanema"
Written by Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Performed by Alana Da Fonseca (as Alana D.)
Courtesy of DeeTown Entertainment, Inc.

User Reviews

Hmmm

I find it quite hard to..i don't know..analyse this movie.

On one hand this could be a masterpiece, with the swirling clever cinematography and the obvious chemistry between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt (as they hitched up in real life during the filming). But, on the other hand, this is a stupid film, just an action flick, trying to be emotional and meaningful but turned out trying to be a blockbuster.

I hope you see what i mean. I have rated this film 7, because of the reasons above, as the clever cinematography mixed with some good fun comedy and watchable action can't be that harmless can it. Can it? See for yourself.