Movie Star Blog

My Hollywood sources said I could miss this one, and I did.

But Jolie is wrong for the role. Pitt is engaging, despite the lack of clever dialogue to help him. But Jolie is only tough, which is the wrong essence for absurdist comedy. The joke is supposed to be that no one would expect the Smiths to be paid assassins. With Jolie, it’s not that much of a stretch. It’s more of a stretch to picture her hustling for laughs. “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” could never have been good, but it definitely called for an actress with a lighter touch, someone such as Robin Wright Penn, or Carla Gugino — or Jennifer Aniston.