When 2005’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith hit the big screen, it was not just a heroic dose of movie star power but a pop-cultural convergence point: the film’s two stars, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, both at the height of their seat-filling powers, began a real-world relationship The on-screen chemistry was palpable enough that its continuance off-screen came as a surprise to no one, and all readily accepted the portmanteau Brangelina. The film and the mild controversy surrounding how the couple came to be became tabloid fodder for long enough to have left a mark in the mid-00s pop stratosphere. Though, you had to be there.Flash forward to 2024, and Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith couldn’t be less like its cinematic forebear. Starring Atlanta’s Donald Glover (who co-created the series) and Maya Erskine (PEN15), two leads known for their niche character studies, the latest series is lighter on spectacle (though there’s plenty of that) and more about a set of circumstances that put a would-be couple through the trial run of the century.Eschewing the big-screen heavies, this latest version features a deluge of top-notch character actors, from Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe, Bad Sisters) to Wagner Moura (Narcos), and plenty more, including the always-welcome Parker Posey, an artist whose sublime presence alone is worth the price of admission. But rather than being a dizzying game of I Spy, everything, from the cameos to the action-centric circumstances, serves John and Jane Smith’s courtship.
When 2005’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith hit the big screen, it was not just a heroic dose of movie star power but a pop-cultural convergence point: the film’s two stars, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, both at the height of their seat-filling powers, began a real-world relationship The on-screen chemistry was palpable enough that its continuance off-screen came as a surprise to no one, and all readily accepted the portmanteau Brangelina. The film and the mild controversy surrounding how the couple came to be became tabloid fodder for long enough to have left a mark in the mid-00s pop stratosphere. Though, you had to be there.
Flash forward to 2024, and Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith couldn’t be less like its cinematic forebear. Starring Atlanta‘s Donald Glover (who co-created the series) and Maya Erskine (PEN15), two leads known for their niche character studies, the latest series is lighter on spectacle (though there’s plenty of that) and more about a set of circumstances that put a would-be couple through the trial run of the century.
Eschewing the big-screen heavies, this latest version features a deluge of top-notch character actors, from Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe, Bad Sisters) to Wagner Moura (Narcos), and plenty more, including the always-welcome Parker Posey, an artist whose sublime presence alone is worth the price of admission. But rather than being a dizzying game of I Spy, everything, from the cameos to the action-centric circumstances, serves John and Jane Smith’s courtship.
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