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Mr. and Mrs. Smith

2/4/2009, reviewed by Eli Evans

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie play John and Jane Smith, a couple with a languishing marriage due to lack of communication-- each of them has a secret they can't reveal to the other: they're both assassins! When both are "coincidentally" assigned to the same target, their secret comes to light and they are subsequently ordered to kill each other. But it turns out there's more to their marriage than they both realize, and they learn the values of trust and honesty.

With tongue-in-cheek dialogue loaded with double meanings, this film is quite well-written. We really enjoyed the fact that it is about a married couple falling in love, and didn't mind that the plot is completely implausible - that wasn't the point. The counseling sessions - with the psychiatrist telling them their problems are "completely normal" - are hilarious! This was just pure fun.

That said, though we know most teens would enjoy the lighthearted story and entertaining action sequences, we believe this movie is rather raunchy and not appropriate for unmarried viewers.

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