Spies like her?
"'Who is Salt?' is the question posed, for the past month or so, on the side of just about every bus in the land. To the extent that 'Salt' is a mystery, the question is apt enough."
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"Is she — played at high velocity and with steely ferocity by Angelina Jolie — a Russian mole, a C.I.A. superassassin or a little of both?" But to the much greater extent that 'Salt' is an action movie, the more salient question might be: What does Salt do?" (Source: New York Times)
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"You name it. On the run from suspicious colleagues in the C.I.A. after she has been slandered or had her deep cover blown by a Russian defector, Salt proceeds to assemble a rocket launcher out of office furniture and cleaning supplies." (Source: New York Times)
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"Perhaps the most ridiculous scene in 'Salt' has Ms. Jolie walking away unnoticed from the aftermath of a multi-vehicle smashup. I suspect this was meant as a joke, since her magnetism is the film's foundation and reason for being."(Source: New York Times)