Mr. & Mrs. Smith
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Carole Lombard, Gene Raymond, Jack Carson, Philip Merivale, Robert Montgomery Director: Alfred Hitchcock Brand: TURNER HM ENTERTAINM Cinematographer: Harry Stradling Sr. Editor: William Hamilton Producer: Harry E. Edington Writer: Norman Krasna DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language) Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 95 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-09-07 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Turner Home Ent |
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Movie Reviews of Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Movie Review: Dated by today's comedy standards, but very worthwhile for old-time comedy buffs or movie historians.
Summary: 3 Stars
This review is for the 2004 Warner Brothers DVD.
This was Hitchcock's first and last attempt of directing a comedy. 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' is a comical farce about a married couple named Anne (Carole Lombard) and David Smith (Robert Montgomery) who clearly have some relationship issues since Anne has an established pattern of spending days at a time in bed anytime she has a disagreement with her husband. After making up from their latest tiff, Anne asks David, "If given the chance to go back in time would you marry me again"? His instant response is "No", but then realizes he's made a terrible gaff and unsuccessfully tries to cover his tracks, but at least does enough damage control to keep them together. Shortly after David learns that through a legal snafu, their marriage is void. When Anne learns about this legal wrinkle, she separates and this sets up a cat and mouse game between the two seeing if they can salvage their relationship.
As much as I like Hitchcock and Carole Lombard, both Hollywood legends in their own right, I can't say this movie worked magic for me. I do know that films like this were very popular in their day, but I didn't find any of it laugh-out-loud funny, although some of scenes put a smile on my face. I did like the slice of life look of the film as it showed many interesting backdrops including several original interior shots plus scenes at an amusement park and a ski resort. If you like screwball comedies from this era, you will probably be very entertained with the film. If you don't like that type of humor, or hope to find lots of Hitchcock's creative artistry and cinematic brilliance, you will probably be disappointed with the film.
The B&W picture quality of this DVD is sharp and crisp but tiny specs of film deterioration showed up sporadically throughout the movie. The sound was very satisfactory for a film this old. The only bonus on the DVD is a short commentary about the film.
Movie: C
DVD Quality: B+