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:

Secret Agent | Neighbor | Elevator Scene | Dominatrix | Spy vs Spy

Awards:

8 wins & 16 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 28	8:00 PM	FX
Tue. July 29	4:30 PM	FX

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

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Denmark:11 | Netherlands:12 | Malaysia:18SG | Ireland:15 (video rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (unrated DVD version) | France:U | Taiwan:PG-12 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Ireland:15A (original rating) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) (original rating) | Canada:18A (Manitoba) (unrated DVD version) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41115) | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | 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:

Brad Pitt reportedly left the project after Nicole Kidman dropped out and her replacement had not yet been found. Once Angelina Jolie signed on, he returned to the project.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: In the movie, Bogotá, the capital of Colombia as a small town, when in reality Bogotá is one of the biggest and most populated cities in Latin America.

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:

Featured in "Getaway: Golden Getaway: The Platinum List (#15.19)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Making Love Out of Nothing at All

Flying bullets...and wisecracks

Slick like a magazine ad (and sometimes just as crass), this commercial hybrid of "Prizzi's Honor" and "Mission: Impossible" is too high-tech for its own good--the movie's real assets get swallowed up by the monstrous over-production. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been married six years, but neither knows the other is a hired assassin; once their secrets are revealed, they consider killing each other. The cute, likable characters and canny marriage-humor nearly get lost once the picture becomes little more than car crashes and a barrage of gunfire. Still, though the midsection does plod, the finale is well-crafted and the chemistry between Pitt and Jolie is almost enough to compensate for the heavy overall feeling of action-flick redux. ** from ****