Genre: Action; Comedy drama; Spy thriller
Created by Francesca Sloane & Donald Glover
Inspired by Mr. & Mrs. Smith by Simon Kinberg
Starring: Donald Glover & Maya Erskine.
Music by David Fleming
Executive producers: Donald Glover, Francesca Sloane, Stephen Glover, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson, Anthony Katagas, Arnon Milchan, Yariv Milchan, Michael Schaefer
Producers: Christian Sprenger, Fam Udeorji, Kaitlin Waldron
Cinematography: Christian Sprenger, Stephen Murphy, Cody Jacobs
Editors: Kyle Reiter; Isaac Hagy; Greg O’Bryant; Kate Brokaw
Production companies: Gilga, Super Frog, Big Indie Pictures, New Regency, Amazon MGM Studios
Network: Amazon Prime Video
Plot: John and Jane Smith become secret agents for a mysterious organisation. Their work puts both their skills as spies and their relationship to the test. The two have to deal with a world full of dangers.
Season 1 of Mr & Mrs Smith was surprisingly good.
Pros: They manage to gel both Comedy, drama & sky espionage formulas very well in this series. Donald Glover & Maya Erskine had sensational chemistry together on screen. The series did well being a study on relationships. I enjoyed the humour at lot and the cliffhanger ending surprised us all.
Cons: I wish to have John Turturro more to do in the series in my opinion. This series is lacking with no consequence moving from each episode & the finale did felt drag on to the end.
Casts & Characters:
Main:
- Donald Glover as John Smith
- Maya Erskine as Jane Smith
Guest starring:
- Alexander Skarsgård as First Other John
- Eiza González as First Other Jane
- Paul Dano as Harris
- John Turturro as Eric Shane
- Sharon Horgan as Gavol Martin
- Billy Campbell as Parker Martin
- Sarah Paulson as Therapist
- Parker Posey as Second Other Jane
- Úrsula Corberó as Rooney
- Wagner Moura as Second Other John
- Ron Perlman as Toby Hellinger
- Michaela Coel as Bev
I recommend watching this on Prime Video.
Rating: 8 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe