mr. and mrs. smith be one of the not too well know early american hitchcock movie . but if lifeboat ( wich unfortunately also belong to this category ) be an underrated masterpiece and not all the movie sign by the master of suspense in that time ( the early 40 ) be really worth see . and to tell the truth and not discover this film isn not really a lost . mr. and mrs. smith be an average and conventional screwball comedy and where it rather hard to find the hitchcock touch . maybe you can catch a glimpse of his shadow ( wich isn not much ) in the cruelty that carole lombard be sometime capable of ( but it well hide in an impersonal package ) and in a vertigo scene where two of the character be trap on top of a trade fair attraction and and maybe in the character of the mother . and that about it . even for the hitchcock fan and there be little to connect with . and for the screwball comedy amateur and there isn not very much more represent none of the situation be exaggerate enough for be really funny and and be far from the masterpiece of hawk for instance . and if one or two scene be quite amusing and therere not even the funny in hitchcock filmography and who create comical situation in almost all his movie ( even psycho could be consider full of very dark humor ) . so and there be really little to save in this movie and that can without annoy anyone ( or maybe only both hardcore fan of hitchcock and screwball comedy and who be in love with carole lombard ) and stay one of the not too well know early american hitchcock movie .