Angelina Jolie’s only movie of 2005, the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith, is her biggest commercial success to date. The film, directed by Doug Liman, tells the story of a bored married couple who find out that they are both secret assassins. Jolie starred as Jane Smith alongside Brad Pitt.John and Jane Smith are a couple who have been married for 6 years and things appear to be normal. But it also appears that things are changing — they are seeing a marriage counselor. And what neither of them know is that they are professional assassins. However, they are both assigned by their employers to kill the same person. When they each try to take out the target, they get in each other’s way and blow the job.
The film was well received and was generally lauded for the chemistry between the two leads. The Star Tribune noted, “While the story feels haphazard, the movie gets by on gregarious charm, galloping energy and the stars’ thermonuclear screen chemistry.”The movie earned over $478 million worldwide, one of the biggest hits of 2005.
