Mr. and Mrs. Smith
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This is the short review, the long review poses a question that is a spoiler...and this movie is good enough to see first, before hearing about the ending.

They're both assassins, although neither knows that about the other.

And no, that's not the spoiler, that's all over the trailers.

Assessment:

Brad Pitt. A good actor, although totally not a honey.

Angelina Jolie. Ditto.

Brad Pitt. Amusing. Slightly self deprecating. Delivers lines well.

Angelina Jolie. Ditto.

Brad Pitt. Although not a honey, totally easy on the eye.

Angelina Jolie. Ditto.

You get the picture.

This was actually very much better than I expected...the three things the audience is in it for are:

  1. The contrast between what they do for a living and their rather humdrum (although fairly luxurious, by most ordinary peoples' standards) life together
  2. How the heck can they keep their real jobs secret from each other?
  3. And of course, what happens when they FINALLY find out about each other?
And the audience is not disappointed...this is fast moving, funny, and full of action. Jolie and Pitt kick butt, including each other's, and I loved the fact that Jolie actually kicks more and better butt than Brad, very nicely done.

I read somewhere that there was a hot sex scene that they cut from this to lower the rating...they build up to it nicely, but after all the buildup it would still have been nice to see a little more of it...but that's a small criticism. Overall, this one was a winner and well worth watching.

And the reality police show up in the long review, that's the spoiler. Sorry!