“Sometimes I just want to (makes strangle motion),” says Brad Pitt’s John Smith character to his marriage therapist.

This quote pretty much sums up Mr. and Mrs. Smith in one quote.

It portrays both the theme of the film (basically a married couple trying to kill each other), and also the lack of spoken dialogue necessary to convey the movie’s theme and overall tone. Between the star power featured in the film, the passionate love scenes, spontaneous action scenes and a good dose of stuff blowing up, Mr. and Mrs. Smith is set to blow up itself.

Today’s front page headline at CNN.com reads, “Pitt, Jolie rumors lift ‘Smith’ at the box office,” and I’m positive that had something to do with my wife’s choice to see the film at its debut Friday night.

With tabloid fury skewing an older than usual crowd at the theatre, plus a PG-13 rating that let the tweens be dropped off by mom and dad, this film is set to explode – not because it earned an estimated $51 million on opening weekend and has the juicy gossip pushing it, but I think mainly because it’s a good movie.

Anyone who has endured a long term relationship knows that feeling when you just want to kill your significant other. Murderous rage boils up inside of you, you throw things, swear, cry and resolve to wait until they’re asleep to do the dirty deed. It’s okay – you can admit it. We all do it.

In the movie, Pitt and Jolie are husband and wife who haven’t even made it seven years and the itch has set in. They go to a marriage counselor, eat dinner together every night, but they’ve still lost the spark. Enter the chaos of finding out you’re married to a rival assassin.

Guys will enjoy the strategically hidden Bond-esque gizmos, the guns, the shoot outs, Jolie in leather lingerie whipping people, and like I said before, stuff blowing up. The ladies will enjoy Jolie kicking Pitt in the balls and more. Any couple that enjoys some good back and forth one-upping, out-clevering or arm wrestling will both enjoy this movie.

The plot has plenty of holes and these super-smart spies often forget the most basic spy tricks, but that also makes the characters interesting. They aren’t super heroes; they’re just married assassins trying to do their job – with or without killing each other.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith is in theatres now. And try not to cheer too loudly when Pitt kicks Jolie in the ribs over and over. My wife didn’t think it was so funny.