Overshadowed by the tabloid coverage of the real-life coupling of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” is Liman’s most commercial and mainstream work.
While the plot is high concept mumbo jumbo (a married couple discovers that they’re each assassins working for rival factions), Liman commits fully, finding time in between the gunfire to investigate the nooks and crannies of their relationship. The refined action extravaganza has held up remarkably well, even after all the paparazzi flashes have faded.
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