Killers

I'm not a great fan of the spy/romance genre. I was never too enthused about Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and perhaps even less so about True Lies. But Killers, a recent production with Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heidl, is really charming.

The premise is simple: Katherine is a neurotic, sweet, naive young lady on vacation in Nice, France, with her parents. There, she meets Ashton...who is a James Bond in disguise, and who, upon falling in love with the cute blond, decides to give up the "life."

No plot spoiler, but viewers of the spy genre know that hit men cannot just say bye-bye and walk out on their bosses. So the old life interferes with the new, and, of course, Katherine is mildly shocked, to say the least, that she is married to a former mobster!

Why is the film so much fun? Only because Katherine Heigl cutesies (my invention, English teacher) her way into our hearts, as she always does in every role she plays. Remember 27 Dresses? Knocked Up? The Ugly Truth? Katherine is another Audrey Hepburn/Rachel MacAdams/Amy Adams....a wonderful actress whose smiles simply light up the screen.

Don't expect anything profound. No messages you can take away. No wisdom. Just loads of entertainment in the old-fashioned way.

A- grade for a feel good, light romp.