This Means War Movie Review

Critic's Rating: 3½/5
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Chelsea Handler
Direction: McG
Genre: Romance
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes
Avg Readers Rating: 3½/5

Story: Two CIA agents have one common target: Lauren, the woman of their dreams. Lauren of course, chooses one to the other. So who is the lucky guy?

Movie Review: Reese Witherspoon has a problem: She can't really finalise on her Mr Right. And you can't really blame her when she's dating Chris Pine and Tom Hardy simultaneously. One is the can-make-every-girl-laugh mushy man, the other the-man-into-one-day-rental.

All is fair in love and war. And all is fair in love, war... and dating. Or so it seems, for FDR Foster (Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy) who are CIA agents and best buddies with a dual mission: win over the woman they both claim to be falling in love with -- Lauren (Reese Witherspoon) -- and keep the friendship going no matter who gets the girl. Now it's just when the gentlemen's agreement goes kaput does all the war (of words) in the movie come into play. In fact, more than who wins the girl, it's the how-they-win-the-girl that keeps the funny bone tickled on and off. Take for instance FDR Foster who gets his knowledge of Gustav Klimt mixed up with the objectionable and Tuck who puts up a fake action stunt to show he is not 'just the caring' type. Not to miss out is Trish ( Chelsea Handler) who unabashedly concludes the best way to fall for a guy is to check him out in bed! As for Reese, watch this woman capable of choosing her own movies go weak in the knee when it comes to choosing the two men chasing her. For the rest, it's over to the real war - yes, there's even a warlord on the lose who gives you a couple of short-lived action cuts -- you don't really seem to care about.

But then you do care about who gets the girl in this romcom. Who? Well, as the CIA agents on the run put it: 'May the best man win... for the lady'!