This Means War

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This Means War

PG-13

Released Feb 17, 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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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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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: C-

May 19, 2012

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

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.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 19, 2012

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

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.

Rated: 1/4

Mar 17, 2012

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

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.

Rated: 1.5/4

Feb 23, 2023

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

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

Rated: 3/5

May 26, 2022

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

Be forgiving, and it will probably be enough.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 1, 2020

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Paula S

Fun, predictable Rom-Com. Giving 3- stars due to Chelsea Handler's character, who is unnecessarily brash, adds nothing to the plot, & the friendship between her character & Witherspoon's is not believable. Others Otherwise, it's a cute, enjoyable datenight-in flick

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/19/25

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Toggo U

Chelsey Handler's exhaustively unfunny character ruins this movie. Every line she has it's like she's doing open mic standup for the first time, it's painful to watch. Other than that, the movie is decent; nothing to write home about, but if you can stomach Handler's failed attempts at being funny you might enjoy this.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/08/25

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Brody J

Really predictable and boring. You hope it recovers but it just never does. How did they clear this budget???

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/27/24

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William B

Cute Funny Witty and Action all in one very good show

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/24/24

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Giorgio G

Was acceptable to watch once, and then never ever again.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/24

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Sarah E

I like it a lot. I tend to skip the first 10 and last 20 minutes when rewatching it, but the middle part is really fun.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/23/23

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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

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