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Better Late Then Never

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

In the changing world, we come up with different jobs every day. One of these jobs is a professional date doctor. Main duty of this job is to help men get the women they love. Of course, it is based on a lot of truths and facts. For example, a date doctor will never help you get laid with a woman. If you can convince the date doctor that you are in love with that woman, he helps you get her by giving you a bunch of advices, tips and tricks. It is an honest and a discreet job. The main guy in the film, Alex "Hitch" Hitchens (Will Smith) has this job. He is also the narrator of the film. The film has a dynamic start with Hitch explaining us a bunch of statistics regarding human interactions and how women brain functions. He says that 60% of all human communication is non-verbal body language, 30% is your tone and, based on these statistics, 90% of the things you are saying are not coming out of your mouth. He claims that women don't know what they want until they see it, and a date doctor's job is to make them see it. The opening scene is like a corporation training about soft skills.The dynamic explanations in the beginning reveal the clues about what can be expected from "Hitch." It is a funny romantic comedy and the story is about one of the most valid subjects of human nature, which manages to entertain you most of the time. It is very important to guess what you can expect from a film like this. It has nothing to do with reality. People in the film has no real problems. "Hitch" is one of those films where you get to see the American Dream. The scenes are superficial and conversations are by the book. "Hitch" can be entertaining if you watch it without expecting anything from it. The good thing about it is that, even if you fall asleep in the middle, you will still understand pretty much everything. The only thing that makes difference is the performance of Will Smith. He has certain charisma and trust in himself as Alex Hitch, he is a highly intellectual man with principles. Will Smith has no difficulty in reflecting these traits to the audience. I have always admired him because he has certain talent for overcoming hard roles in the films like Seven Pounds, I am Legend or The Pursuit of Happyness. Actually, when I think about performances I can say that Kevin James, as Albert, has some solid acting, too, and he completes Will Smith.Even though Hitch helps a lot of single men getting their soul mates, it seems like he fails to believe in love himself. It is more or less like this in real life, too. You get best advices about relationships from single people. His relationship with Sara, who is a gossip columnist, reveals his fears and how he is afraid of something serious. In the beginning, he tries his usual lines and tricks on Sara, they actually work, but when things start to get serious, he understands the fact that what he actually believed in was not true at all. Therefore, despite all the lecture about relationships in the beginning of the film, his last line is; Basic Principle: There are none. This is a good life example under these unrealistic circumstances created by the film. I am not sure if "Hitch" has a message, but if there is one, it is the fact that only through real experiences you get to learn more about yourself."Hitch" manages to make you feel good about yourself. It is an easy film. It was made with a budget of $70 Million and Box Office was around $368 Million. This profit makes us understand that, people still need unrealistic films like this. It focuses on some certain things, like love, good life, beautiful women, money, and ignores everything else. Its message is not valid under no circumstances in the world we are living in. "Hitch" was released just a couple of days before Valentines Day, on February 11,2005. Even the release date tells us that "Hitch" targets certain type of audience because what it can share with you is very limited.In my opinion, forget everything while watching "Hitch" and try to picture yourself as one of these people. The only purpose of the film is to help you feel good, and strictly from this point of view, "Hitch" is a successful romantic comedy.

This film is very beautiful in the way comedy and love are combined.

Will Smith's 2005 romantic comedy Hitch is cute and at times pretty funny. I enjoyed smith's performance, he is perfect for the lead role, funny when he needs to be and charming when it calls for it. Eva Mendes is great here too, I loved the way she approached the role, you can tell she is pretty resistant to love and a potential relationship, she has become very bitter and closed off to the notion of a long term relationship. But of course that all changes when she meets hitch (will smith). Kevin James is funny as always, love his dancing here, that was a really cute/funny thing because yes it's amusing but it also ended up a thing that Allegra was attracted to, and that among other things makes their relationship work. Amber Valletta plays her role nicely and I think that her and James's on screen chemistry works very well, they just have a natural likability to them as a couple. The same thing goes for Mendes and Smith. So yes some parts are predictable and some of it is just run of the mill romantic comedy style content that you've seen before, but I think that even though it has some predictability, it is still a very funny and entertaining film that deserves a watch, especially if you're a fan of the cast or a big rom com fan. 8/10.

Good actors, a witty script, and an engaging plot are a recipe for an entertaining movie, which is what Hitch is. On a personal level, mild spoiler alert, I was relieved to find out at the end that one SHOULD be themselves on the dance floor. A big "WHEW" for that one! About my reviews: I do not offer a synopsis of the film -- you can get that anywhere and that does not constitute a meaningful review -- but rather my thoughts and feelings on the film that hopefully will be informative to you in deciding whether to invest 90-180 minutes of your life on it.My scale: 1-5 decreasing degrees of "terrible", with 5 being "mediocre" 6- OK. Generally held my interest OR had reasonable cast and/or cinematography, might watch it again 7 - Good. My default rating for a movie I liked enough to watch again, but didn't rise to the upper echelons 8- Very Good. Would watch again and recommend to others 9- Outstanding. Would watch over and over; top 10% of my ratings 10 - A Classic. (Less than 2% receive this rating)