Nuit et jour

It's a quintessential movie hybrid: a romantic thriller with exciting high-speed chases, brisk comedy and exotic scenery. And, perhaps best of all, stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz make a surprisingly charming couple.

As those credits indicate, Mangold also works well with actors, and he and Cruise completely understand the old-fashioned movie star charm necessary to animate top-drawer secret agent Roy Miller, someone who does everything better when he's wearing sunglasses.

So what is missing? Oh, I don't know - wit, fun, sexual tension, risk, originality. Maybe one or two other things. But will anyone notice? It is just possible that Knight and Day will earn some admiration because it is not a sequel or a spinoff and employs two stars who refuse to act like or resemble teenagers.

Some may call the Pavlovian responses to Grown Ups laughter. But what if it is only meaningless noise generated by mindless activity on a screen as time is killed and popcorn munched?

Et propose un film somme toute divertissant, pour lequel il est toutefois requis de laisser son cerveau au vestiaire. Knight and Day fait en effet partie de ces films qu'on oublie sitôt la porte de sortie franchie. Mais à partir du moment où l'on accepte d'entrer dans le jeu, on peut aisément y trouver son plaisir.