Movie Review: Reese Witherspoon Fights the Good Fight in This Means War
The Bigger Picture: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Foster (Pine) who goes by—what else?—FDR, can't believe his partner Tuck (Hardy) has no game with the ladies. Both are attractive, and together are like Mr. & Mr. Smith on the job, but FDR is the one living in a condo that sports a glass ceiling with bikini gals, making FDR the cool one (but not really). Tuck has a wimpy son (but his dad's a spy!) and no wife.
Lauren is a product evaluator for a leading consumer advocate publication. She's also attractive, successful and has zero dates. Her pal Trish ( Chelsea Handler ) signs her up for online dating. Lauren meets Tuck. Sparks fly. Then she goes to a video store (she doesn't have Netflix?) and meets FDR. Sparks II.
The script by Timothy Dowling and Simon Kinberg doesn't waste time. The boys make a pact not to tell Lauren they know each other and not to sleep with her. They have no problem, however, bugging Lauren's home and putting heavy surveillance on each other's dates.