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You can tell Mr. & Mrs. Smith was created by Donald Glover because it has the same feel as Atlanta. They shouldn't have called this Mr. & Mrs. Smith though. I think that's why some people left negative reviews because it doesn't resemble the movie at all. I think the people who didn't like it would've liked it more if they called it something else because they went into it expecting the story to be along the same lines of the movie. It's not. It doesn't make it bad though. Both Donald Glover and Maya Erksine were fantastic in this. They have such natural chemistry. This show has plenty of drama, action, comedy, etc to keep you entertained.

I had an absolute blast watching Mr. & Mrs. Smith. I just binged all 8 episodes over the weekend and it was such a fun show it flew by. This is both a good spy thriller and a good rom-com. Donald Glover and Maya Erksine are both terrific as the leads and every episode has guest stars from other well known actors. It had Alexander Skarsgard, Eiza Gonzalez, Paul Dano, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Ursula Corbero, Sarah Paulson, Wagner Moura, Parker Posey, among others. Each episode was a different adventure and they were all fun to watch. Glover and Erksine star as John and Jane Smith. Two loners who are put together to work as spies for a mysterious organization.

Did I feel like some parts are boring , yes but overall I liked the story and progression. Not sure why anyone thought it was supposed to be a remake of the movie lol it's a series. Structure is completely different so whoever is comparing it to the over the top unrealistic action scenes from the movie already set themselves up for failure. Donald glover is an amazing talent and I was shockingly attracted to him the entire movie even though I have been listening to him for years and never felt that for him lol so I guess Im smitten with the way the character was written. I liked them both individually, my only gripe is I don't believe the characters fell for eachother, even during the makeout/sex scenes, it seems like they're just friends who might as well sleep together because theyre supposed to keep the real reason theyre together a secret. They had chemistry but not sexual chemistry. I look forward to the expansion of the story, maybe with new characters mixed in with appearances from the s1 characters. Idk I'm not a writer so what do I know.

Terrific chemistry, excellent writing, I loved the concept, and I simply couldn't get enough. Donald Glover continues to impress as an actor, a writer, and a showrunner (and his partnership with Hiro Murai continues to blow me away). I think a lot of people were put off by thinking this is a reboot or sequel to the 2005 movie and I have to emphasize that it is NOT. It is a complete reimagining of the concept. And it blew me away. I'd also add that the little details, the Easter eggs, the set design, and the wardrobe was STUNNING. This was a show made with care, meticulously crafted around a couple of acting powerhouses. If you're on the fence about this show, go ahead and give it a try. I have a feeling you'll be happily surprised.

Season 2 please! Prime Video please to renew this! Francesca Sloan & Donald Glover are a very trustworthy team that will not disappoint. Maya Erskine is a phenomenal actress. This show could be her breakout role! If Mr. & Mrs. Smith season 2 materializes, it promises to elevate the excitement and surprises to new heights. The first season masterfully blended spy action, love stories, and a compelling mystery, ensuring a rollercoaster ride for its dedicated audience. Fans of intense drama eagerly await official confirmation while relishing the opportunity to revisit the captivating world of Mr. & Mrs. Smith on Amazon Prime Video.

I fell victim to the marketing ploys of this show and was excited for this show to be released, watching most of the series the day it was released.

It is well made and had a good production value. Well shot and for the most part well acted. But I find the subject matter to be dull and the writing to be a bit lazy.

This is a spy show that is missing all of the quintessential "spy things" found in the genre. First off, the characters are basically Craigslist Kirkland-brand spies. They are not very good at their jobs and they are following the orders of a chat-GTP style entity. Also, the series is episodic, so they are in a new location doing a new task every episode. This is okay, but 90% of the episode is spent examining their relationship, while 10% is spent doing a few spy things.

All of the realism in this show is spent on relationship building. It's like a committee sat down and wrote a standard rom com using fights, quirks, and highlights from all of their previous relationships and packages them into a show. Needing a hook, they threw in a few lazily-written spy scenes to match it watchable.

I'm being a bit harsh here. The series is somewhat enjoyable and the relationship scenes are pretty well executed and well thought out. But if you are looking for an espionage/spy show with any sort of realism, this isn't it. This is a show about the fake marriage between two people that just happen to be spies.

I could not stop watching this show! It kept me guessing and I had to watch the next episode to find out what happens next.

I LOVE spy shows with how-are-we-gonna-get-out-of-this-mess situations, and characters having to use their wits.

THIS version of Mr. & Mrs. Smith is NOT your chic sexy Angelina & Brad, BUT this version is UNIQUE and fun and Maya Erskine as JANE SMITH is fantastic & hilarious.

The couple's imperfectionists and clunkiness make them relatable and very likeable. The "comedy" aspects of the series does not make the spy missions LESS thrilling or suspenseful. The writing is sharp and witty and the comics have great timing (Maya!)

Please do a SEASON TWO because I just devoured Season ONE!

Better than I expected. Great writing, direction, music, and imagery, but its biggest win is the chemistry between Donald Glover and Maya Erskine. Their chemistry is electric and cozy at the same time. They make you root for them, invest in them, and want to see so much more of them.

This show revels in the small, in-between moments. It shines when John and Jane are just being together. Whether they are laughing over annoying party guests or arguing over what constitutes emotional cheating. Through their ups and downs there is always an undercurrent of deep love and reverence towards one another. They want to be together even when it seems like they don't work anymore.

While the spy aspect is second or third to the relationship, always, they've built enough of a foundation to make the lore interesting.

I can't rave about this show enough. It's been an over a month since I binged all eight episodes and it has stayed with me. It's my favorite show of 2024 so far and I know by the end of the year it will at minimum be in my top 3 of the year.

Give it a shot. It's not a remake of the movie. It's a reimagining with a focus on the minutiae instead of the bang bang explosions.

Donald Glover is a genius and Maya Erskine is a revelation.

This is more a romance/drama than comedy/spy/thriller/action etc. It is at times incredibly slow as the relationship struggles between the two main characters are explored.

Dull, slow and frustrating for the most part. When there is any action, it can be entertaining, and the comedy can at times hit the mark. However, the underlying relationship tension between the two leads often brings the mood down, and down, and further down.

Desperately needs more comedy and less relationship drama. Desperately needs more action and less self reflection. Desperately needs to not be seeking Susan.

If you like relationship drama, then this might be a good choice for you. However, if you are looking for a spy/thriller/action series wth a side serve of humour, then look elsewhere.

I figured the 1st episode was just slow-burn material, introducing the characters & the premise, then it'd pick up a little more with each continuing episode. The tone & pacing remained the same, which made it a bit of a chore to watch. While the main characters do have mildly entertaining chemistry with one another and there are some interesting & moderately humorous scenarios, the episodes overall just aren't that engaging or interesting.

I think I'd rather see them doing missions as experienced professionals than as somewhat bumbling amateurs trying to make things up as they go along. Even the action sequences are a bit lackluster... Not terrible, but just kind of by-the-numbers.

Just not for me.

I watched all 8 episodes and found them to have the same sentiment as the original movie but with a ton more depth. And also what I thought was better acting, Donald and Maya took every episode and put their full acting strength behind it to give each episode a familiar piece of life with some crazy action involved too. Some of the mid episodes definitely just felt like fillers and since we had the general plot going we didn't feel as we had to watch every second to get the gist. Now to the ending, DIDN'T LIKE, why with 8 full episodes would the series runners leave it on a cliffhanger... not appreciated and made me have mixed feelings toward the entire series. Boo.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith Season 1 delivers a thrilling and clever experience that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats from start to finish. Each episode is skillfully crafted weaving a narrative that continually keeps audiences guessing. Drawing inspiration from the original movie, the series maintains its essence while offering a fresh and exciting take on the 'existing' characters.

From the first episode to the last, the brilliance of the writing shines bright. As the season progresses, the stakes continue to rise, keeping audiences hooked until the very end.

Mr and Mrs Smith has quickly become a standout in the crowded landscape of television. I, for one, cannot wait to see what season two has in store.

There's not much to say about this show but I need to use six hundred characters so here we go. The acting is good and the cast is great but the storyline and characters are awful. Maya Erskine's acting is great but as a character I hate Jane, she's an awful person and John deserves better even though you have to be a psycho to do the job in the first place. There's nobody I care about and for an action show it's quite boring. I have no interest in season two and based other reviews I'm not alone. Lastly I'm one hundred percent convinced Paul Dano only accepted this role because his name is "Hot Neighbor" a title I'm sure he cherished.

This show starts slow, hence the impatience of the ADD generation and bad reviews. Two people are put together to be spies for a mysterious organization. Both of their personalities are very different, so it takes time for them to gel and for the audience to get to know them. That's actually a strength as the series continues because just like a real relationship their differences is what makes it work. Their relationship starts slow, develops, then their personalities clash after the honeymoon phase and the show does a good job of exploring where the characters go from here. Unlike the movie it does a better job of exploring the relationship dynamic and is not as dependent on their looks. The movie was terrible, and there in lies a problem. People who liked the attractive people in the movie, explosions, and action aren't going to enjoy a nuanced show about how to make relationships work within a spy show. This is more of a show about being in a relationship with two very different personalities than a spy show. If you're looking for a flashy show, with attractive people, no plot, lots of explosions, then watch the movie. If you want actual characters, character development, and an overarching storyline, then give this series a try. It's a slow burn that requires a little patience. It's by no means perfect, but you might find yourself growing to like their characters as the series progresses. The show does take some liberties to push the storyline along and to further explore their relationship. Examples include the episode with Toby who acts more like their child than a grown man, their opening up their home and secrets to another couple, and others. This is done to further show the relationship dynamic more than the actual spy craft. It is a fun show, just more relationship oriented and character development than action.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024) has an almost dreamlike, enchanting quality that keeps you mesmerized throughout its eight episodes of the first season. There is no flashiness or exuberance as seen in Doug Liman's movie. This remake is extremely understated, with the focus on relationship drama rather than providing outright action thrills. While action does come into play, it is not the primary focus of this adaptation. This approach works well for the show, as it is not a mere copy-paste of the movie; it offers something different, something deeper, and more unique than the original, which was great in its own right. Donald Glover and Maya Erskine are stupendous, their chemistry and quirkiness making the show truly stand out.

I see a lot of discussion surrounding how alike or different this is from the movie. Even though I love the movie, I went into this without any expectations on what it should or shouldn't be. But even with an open mind, I just found myself not fully enjoying this series. I reluctantly continued through to the end.

It has plenty of good. Both leads give great performances. I enjoyed the dialogue, especially the heated debates. There are a few powerful moments. And the action is serviceable (but scarce).

It's hard to understand why I couldn't get into it more. But I think one problem is that, episode to episode, there are major shifts in their relationship and the story in general. We don't see how or why it happens. It's all offscreen and it's fairly jarring. On two different occasions, I double checked which episode I started to make sure I didn't skip one.

For that and other unknown reasons, I always felt at an arm's length from this story. And the series in general. I think many will like it, but it's not something I'd personally recommend.

(1 viewing, 2/6/2024)

Considering it's written by most of the team from Atlanta, I should have expected this, but I didn't. This was a pure delight. A special type of show! One of the realist, most affecting depictions of a relationship I have ever seen. The chemistry between Glover and Erskine is 1000% genuine and earned. They really felt like a couple, but also fought (oh yes) like a couple. Some of the arguemental fights in this were so raw and emotionally charged I was in awe.

What a fantastic show that manages to be something new and still finds the time to reference a dated movie that people really don't remember that well. Seriously, a Mr. & Mrs. Smith in 2024 sounds like a waste of time but I couldn't be more wrong. Inject this show into my soul!

I hoped this show would be enjoyable, as the movie with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt was a ball.

Unfortunately, the show is idiotic. There's really no spark between the main characters. The story lines are unbelievably stupid and boring. I made it through the third show, and I just cannot watch anymore of this dumb show.

Not only is the show not fun and not believable, the action moves SO slowly at times that it's almost painful.

Perhaps this show will eventually follow the path of the movie, and the company will try to kill them. That might be a good twist, but I won't see it because the show is BORING!

You wouldn't expect an action series continuing a well-established franchise of the same genre to actually be a two-character play, but that's exactly what it is.

Don't get me wrong, the fight scenes are not lacking, and they're exceptionally well-done, but the overall impression is not of your typical action-packed series.

The writers are absolutely brilliant, and the dialogue between the two main characters, the two spies named "Smith," a sort of generic conspiratorial name, feels like a conversation between two regular people in a relationship. Their "service" as mega-spies seems almost incidental. They argue, they love each other, literally and figuratively, they have normal people problems with their own families, the whole package.

Two exceptional actors, Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, are the best proof that diversity hiring, when it doesn't overshadow talent and competence, doesn't bother anyone.

It's leagues above the original 2005 film with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, which is a two-dimensional comedy with shootouts and gimmicks.

The series is available on Prime Video via subscription.

I felt driven to provide a review after seeing the dumpster fire growing here. People seem to be expecting to see the Donald Glover they remember from Community, or some endless, action-packed rollercoaster that simply repeats the movie formula for a dozen hours.

Let this series be what it is, a spy dramedy, halfway between drama and comedy, just like a relationship, which is key to this show.

The opening sequence seems like a nod to the original, telling us that the Pitt/Jolie Smiths were taken out by other Smiths, after running for some unstated period of time.

Then we can learn about a new Mr and Mrs Smith, from recruitment to retirement, and watch their relationship grow, through the lens of international espionage. It's a fun concept that is well executed, if you can just let go of the fact that it isn't the same as the movie.