Not Hitchcock's best film of course, but has its moments. Many people dislike it because a comedy is not a typical genre for Hitchcock, but generally it's not worse than many other comedies of that time. It's obviously inferior to The Philadelphia Story, but I like it more than His Girl Friday. Comparing to the latter, it doesn't have tons of useless fast-pace gibberish. The only thing that's worse in Mr. & Mrs. Smith is not having Cary Grant, who wasted his talent for His Girl Friday. Having him in this film would make it better. Still, the original Mr. & Mrs. Smith's cast is good enough to enjoy the movie. Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard look quite fine, they don't irritate and made decent performances. Directing and camera work are good enough too. Many jokes are funny and there's no stupid humour. The only serious flaw for me is some of the characters' actions. Ann behaves like a beach and David sometimes looks spineless, though this doesn't spoil the film much. I reckon this film is so low-rated because of having no big stars and being untypical for Hitchcock. If you cannot watch Hitchcock's movies other than thrillers, than skip it, but if you're not prejudiced, give it a try, especially if you like old comedies.
Review of Mr. & Mrs. Smith
