This Means War

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This Means War

PG-13

2012

1h 37m

Action

Comedy

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CIA operatives FDR Foster (Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy) are inseparable best friends and partners. Together, their good looks, covert abilities and combat skills rank them among the CIA's elite, but their longstanding personal and professional bond is put to the test when they meet Lauren (Reese Witherspoon). FDR and Tuck both fall hard for the beautiful blonde, turning their deadly skills and an array of high-tech gadgetry against each other in an all-out battle for her love.

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Critics Consensus

A career lowlight for all three of its likable stars, This Means War is loud, clumsily edited, and neither romantic nor funny.

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

03/19/2012

2/5

Bathed in bright plastic colours, scored to sleazy jazz funk, This Means War comprises endless short scenes that never quite coalesce into a real motion picture.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

03/17/2012

1/4

McG directs as if on autopilot, and while the action scenes are technically proficient they're so lacking in energy and momentum you kind of wonder if the adrenaline junkie wunderkind threw them in as some sort of afterthought.

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

03/02/2012

1/5

A film during which very bad things happen very often, and none of them are noticeably funnier than genital trauma brought on by an air rifle.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

02/23/2023

1.5/4

Undemanding in the worst ways, the movie’s director and writers have gone to considerable lengths to make this experience as effortless as possible, yet they make it so very difficult to endure.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

05/26/2022

3/5

This Means War depends on audiences buying into a rather predictable premise of two CIA agents falling for the same woman.

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

10/01/2020

2.5/5

Be forgiving, and it will probably be enough.

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Katy A

@RT15017224 May 19

This just showed up on Starz. I wasn't familiar with this movie, but love all the cast. It was exactly what I needed ....a silly but fun movie that made me laugh out loud several times. Today everything is so serious and stressful. Today I needed this exact movie to take my mind off serious and stressful. Thanks for this! Why would anyone think this needed to be critiqued as if it needed it. It's a comedy for Pete sakes! Zoolandder is another that you don't critique...you just sit back and enjoy the fun! And again Blades of Glory....maybe I just love fun movies with my favorite actors enjoying themselves too.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Jul 15

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Stephen C

@bob25009 06/02/2025

1 hour and 37 minutes of a failed movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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TOMMIE W

@RT30296365 05/28/2025

I really enjoyed this movie and have rewatched it several times. The hate it gets baffles me. We knew from the start it was a lighthearted action romcom. No one expected realistic CIA missions lol. Some reviewers are taking it way too seriously. It's very cute, fun action and I'll take Tom Hardy in any role any day!

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Iamwhoi M

@Shaboutiques 05/04/2025

I didn't hate this as much as others have, as I can watch Tom Hardy in anything. I thought it was cute, looked like they had some fun making it. Would've been better without Chelsea Handler in it, basically being her obnoxious, unfunny self.

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Yuri B

@RyuBlack 03/22/2025

Honestly, this is a chick flick, rom com, Blockbuster/Red Box type of film. Not horrible, but definitely not OMG either. Just something to watch if you're looking to be mildly entertained.

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Synopsis

CIA operatives FDR Foster (Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy) are inseparable best friends and partners. Together, their good looks, covert abilities and combat skills rank them among the CIA's elite, but their longstanding personal and professional bond is put to the test when they meet Lauren (Reese Witherspoon). FDR and Tuck both fall hard for the beautiful blonde, turning their deadly skills and an array of high-tech gadgetry against each other in an all-out battle for her love.

Director: McG
Producer: Robert Simonds, James Lassiter, Will Smith, Simon Kinberg
Screenwriter: Timothy Dowling, Simon Kinberg
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Overbrook Entertainment, Robert Simonds Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content/References|Language|Some Violence and Action)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $54.8M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Datasat, SDDS, Dolby Stereo