This Means War

I had very mixed feelings before seeingThis Means War. On one hand, you've got two charismatic and watchable lead actors in Pine and Hardy, who have excelled in their latest projects. In the other corner we've got Witherspoon, who rarely manages to...

This Means War follows two longtime buddies and badass CIA agents -- FDR (Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy) -- who'd take a bullet for each other until they have a raucous falling out over a woman, Lauren (Reese Witherspoon), they met via online dating.

It's impossible to ignore the relevance of Reese Witherspoon's profession in This Means War. Her character, an especially Witherspoonian blonde named Lauren Scott, is a consumer-products tester whose workplace looks like a scrumdiddlyumptious torture...

The romaction comedy "This Means War" stars Reese Witherspoon as a woman trying to choose between two handsome suitors.

As a result, does the spy versus spy action-romcom, This Means War present enough witty romance set-ups, exciting action sequences, and cathartic comedy moments to offer a moviegoing experience that anyone can enjoy?

Despite a talented trio of protagonists in Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy, This Means War is a movie that fails to provide even a hint of reality around the edges. One notable exception to that statement is Chelsea Handler, who shows up...

I can pinpoint the exact moment when I checked out of the brightly lit but dimly conceived romantic comedy "This Means War." Let me describe the scene for you.

Like some chilling Orwellian vision—or a three-episode marathon of MTV’s Next—This Means War sets a frothy romantic comedy in a surveillance state, following two CIA operatives who use the agency’s full resources to score the same woman.

Unless it’s the buff heroes of director McG’s spectacularly awful new action comedy “This Means War’’ — played by Chris Pine and Tom Hardy — watching each other woo Reese Witherspoon on video surveillance screens.

In "This Means War," the CIA operatives played by Chris Pine and Tom Hardy fall for the same woman, a consumer products tester played by Reese Witherspoon. At first the boys agree to let the best agent win, seduction-wise, while Witherspoon's Lauren...

While critics will complain about how vapid and vacant it is, that's part and parcel for the genre. The RomCom needs help. This Means War may not save it, but it won't destroy it either.

Exhaustingly slick from start to finish, This Means War follows CIA agents FDR (Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy) as they battle for the affections of a successful woman named Lauren (Reese Witherspoon) - with the film subsequently detailing the former...

In This Means War – a stylish action/rom-com hybrid from director McG – Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) and Chris Pine (Star Trek) star as CIA operatives whose close friendship is strained by the fires of romantic rivalry. Best pals FDR (Pine)...

Part spy caper, part buddy ­picture, part romantic comedy, part raunchy-girl-talk sex farce, This Means War has been assembled with all the haphazardness of an amateur science experiment. The project was directed by the amped-up industry go-getter McG...

His first film in three years since the intrinsically disappointing Terminator Salvation, This Means War makes you wonder whatever made McG a big name in the first place.

Think of "This Means War" as a Valentine's Day leftover: a droopy love triangle seriously short on sexual chemistry, not to mention the kind of playful self-awareness that can spice up even the blandest romantic comedy. Doesn't help that the principals...

This Means War is a case study in what happens when the filmmakers mess this up. The movie is being marketed as an "action romantic comedy," but the "action" aspect is really just a little flavoring that shows up at the beginning and the end.

A dating fantasy for girls and an action bromance for guys, This Means War wins the Valentine date crowd in swoops and strokes, but does it lead to swoons? Not really. A deeply confused lover's triangle where sex and petting never match the...

While never quite convincing on an emotional level, This Means War is still surprisingly enjoyable, thanks to a witty script, winning central performances from Pine, Witherspoon, and Hardy and a scene-stealing supporting turn from Chelsea Handler.

SINCE Legally Blonde Reese Witherspoon hasn’t come close to finding a part that’s comparably endearing or cute. Her character in This Means War isn’t going to win a popularity contest either.

McG's This Means War degrades further the quality of breezy, typically happy-ending romantic comedies that Hollywood once excelled at. To keep the plot self-consciously thrilling, director McG (whose real name is Joseph McGinty Nichol...

Depending on how you interpret it, This Means War is either another insipid, aggressively convoluted candy-colored flick from that auteur of nothingness McG, or one of the great unrequited male love stories of all time.

Charm: we know it when we see it, but it’s impossible to manufacture. Buddy-action-romcom ‘This Means War’ tries so hard to be charming that it’s initially unsettling, then sort of sweet, and finally just pathetic.

This Means War aims to be the ultimate movie to see with your girl, but misses the mark on just about every level. It tries to appeal to men with action, women with romantic comedy (and two extremely good looking leads, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy)...

Ever since the popular cartoon "Spy Vs.Spy" appeared in Mad magazine, where two spies try to outsmart each other, this was an idea waiting to be explored. "This Means War" puts in the booty - the love of a lovely lady - as it pitches two equally...

This Means War A lively pace and a nicely warped sense of humour help make this paper-thin action-comedy a mindlessly enjoyable romp. Sure, the central romantic triangle never really gels, but the bromance subplot is rather sweet.

This Means War is a formulaic, predictable action-rom-com that'll win no points for originality, but it's all so light and frothy and inoffensive that, chances are, you won't get too bored.

With all due respect to General William Tecumseh Sherman, This Mean War isn’t hell. It just isn’t as fun as the various trailers and commercials make it out to be.

When two secret agents and best friends (Tom Hardy and Chris Pine) discover they're dating the same woman (Reese Witherspoon), they act like ridiculously competitive jocks in high school pining over the head cheerleader.

Entertainment at its fluffiest but as a date movie with some genuine laughs, it works - just overlook the voyeuristic undertones and you'll have fun.

I don't answer reader questions about a film before it opens. I say, "Wait for the review. I'm not giving this stuff away for free." Then that person apologizes for wasting my precious time and I resume my busy schedule of napping and watching...

Last week’s “Safe House” gave us a pair of spies that got down and dirty. This week, the boys from the C.I.A. are much more glamorous.

McG must have watched one too many cartoons when he was a kid- how else will you explain his obsessive love for them? After venturing into more mature territory with the inspirational sports drama 'We Are Marshall' and the sci-fi thriller...

It's a prime example of a film doing exactly what it promises, and doing so with relish. The film also serves as a timely reminder that there's a big difference between executing a formula with gusto and merely going through the motions.

Although the marketing team – along with director McG (yes, that’s his real name) - have been trying to pitch this action espionage romcom as a frivolous guilty pleasure for both the sexes, it has, instead, the air of a cynically assembled “viral video” -

There can’t be many who welcomed the news of McG returning to his roots to make a spy-based action comedy - although the prospect of Chris Pine and Tom Hardy as the Y chromosome’s answer to Charlie’s Angels might’ve pricked up a few female ears.

The kick-off love-triangle premise is intriguing, though. The script, reportedly in development since 1998, focuses on a couple of CIA agents who are also best friends. Ever-so-conveniently, they both happen to fall in love with the same woman.

That’s largely thanks to great casting. As unhappy singleton Lauren, Reese Witherspoon pulls off the tricky task of remaining sympathetic while seeing two gorgeous men, her character trying for an insouciant approach to modern dating that clearly...

CIA just doesn’t make war, it also makes "love". With all the tracking, bugging devices, all the smart agents, all the watching screens at its disposal, it helps two of its “best officers” be the men that the woman whom they both like wants them to be...

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This Means War เป็นภาพยนตร์แอ็คชั่นโรแมนติกคอมเมดี้ของผู้กำกับ McG อีกหนึ่งคนในวงการภาพยนตร์ที่สร้างผลงานเอาใจผู้ชมมาตลอด แต่ไม่เคยได้รับเสียงตอบรับที่ดีจากด้านนักวิจารณ์เลย แม้ว่าเขาเองก็หันไปทำหนังสไตล์อื่นอย่างดราม่ากีฬา หรือแอ็คชั่นโลกแตกมาบ้างก็ตาม