THIS MEANS WAR, PG-13 ( 1 hr & 37 min )

Quickie Review:  Two CIA agents--and best buddies--vie for the affection of one woman, for better or for worse.

The audience liked the comedy scenes in this movie, especially the Museum Paintings scene.

I liked it enough.  I mean, there's action, comedy, and good-looking characters.  It's a good enough movie to unwind to after a hectic day at work.

Here are the things that I found wrong in this movie:  First of all, Reese Witherspoon is the wrong choice for the part of the Love Interest because she's too old for it ( she's actually older--and looks like it--than either one of her two male leads ) and she's not that beautiful, making the Love Attraction unbelievable.  I mean, look, either one of the other two women ( Tuck's [ Tom Hardy ] ex-wife and Franklin's [ Chris Pine ] flight attendant girlfriend ) in this movie is better looking than Reese.  Two little kids, without protective gear, engaging in a full-contact sparring match can only result in one thing: Lawsuit! Since they were supposedly alone in that room, why did the two spotlights follow their motions as they swung on the trapeze?  How could she not notice the tranquilizer dart right there on the couch next to his left hand?  They both should have been knocked-out by the sheer force of  impact when they fell down hard to the first floor from the restaurant's second floor--or they both should have gotten a very bad headache, at the very least ( not to mention, cracked or broken ribs ).  After their cover was blown in that well publicized incident on the freeway, I don't think that they will be able to work on high-profile cases any longer. Even though Franklin's team lost the Video Feed, they still had the Audio Feed and could pretty much guess exactly what was going on inside that room.  It was never explained why Franklin was nicknamed, FDR. And I was expecting this movie to be along the lines of  MAD MAGAZINE's "Spy Vs. Spy" cartoon comedy.

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I wonder if the New Volkswagen Beetles are as good at floating in water as the old ones were.

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