This Means War

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  • Opened February 17, 2012 (Limited Sneak Peek 2/14)
  • 1 hr 37 min
  • PG-13 | Some Sexual Content

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 15+. More on child suitability

  • 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, and turn their deadly skills and an array of high-tech gadgetry against one another in an all-out battle for her love. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Til Schweiger, Chelsea Handler
  • Director: McG
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy

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Amazing! Funny! Don't miss it!

by crashnburnn

I had no idea how much this movie would blow me away. From start to finish it was funny, action-packed, and kept the story flowing at a believable pace. Men and Women can both find something for...

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Very Funny, and worth the price of admission

by LynnCindy

This was a very entertaining movie, and kept you laughing rhoughout. There was a lot of chemistry on screen, and Reese Witherspoon is just getting better with age... both in her acting and her...

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Hoping for a Bromance Sequel.

by CinnTaNo

There were a lot of fun, laugh out loud moments and the few action scenes were pulse pounding. Definitely adult humor. I love Tom Hardy's character Tuck, I wish they would have allowed his character...

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Critic Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

As is true in most buddy pictures, the real love in This Means War is between FDR and Tuck. Pine and Hardy are an odd choice as Men Who Bond. Pine behaves like a player on Entourage; Hardy broods as if he thinks dating is torture. But as a result, they're kind of cute in an itchy and scratchy way, ­bumping shoulders in a pantomime of what men do in love and war. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Carrie Rickey

The film's focus on the contest between the two agents does throw the film off-balance. Read full review

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USA Today
| Claudia Puig

Silly action sequences grow tedious and rarely blend with the wannabe madcap comedy. Read full review

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Movieline
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Bromance or romance, This Means War feels like something scrawled by enterprising teenagers who developed their concepts of love and espionage from films and TV shows they caught over a few weekends of basic cable surfing. Read full review

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Tom Hardy as Tuck, Resse Witherspoon as Lauren and Chris Pine as FDR in "This Means War.''