Saturday, March 05, 2005
Review- Hitch
First off i have to admit something before i start about Hitch. Hi my name is Chris, and i am a romantic comedy addict. Now i realise that this isn't such a big problem in the grand scale of everything but i thought i would tell you before i review Hitch. Although i love a romantic comedy i tend to not enjoy american ones as much as ones from other countries. So about 15 mins into hitch i was glad to see that this wasn't another cookie cutter American romance.
Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens (Will Smith) is a so called dating doctor. He helps the men out there with there women problems. When Hitch is faced with one of his toughest prospects, Albert (Kevin James). Albert is the toughest client Hitch have ever been faced with, he can't dance, he doesn't know what to say and he is clumsy as all hell. While Hitch is trying to help Albert get his girl he falls for a gossip columnist named Sara (Eva Mendes). The only problem is that Hitch can't seem to get his own stuff together to be able to sweep Sara off her feet. The question for the rest of the film is can Albert and Hitch get there girls.
The best thing about this movie is that first time writer Kevin Bisch breaks the romantic comedy mold just enough to bring a little spark to it. His writing sometimes does get a little corny but you can't help that with this type of film. Those low points aren't really that big of a problem because the rest of the movie flows so well. Will Smith and Kevin James are just fantastic and really do steal the show. There slapstick and timing really had me in stiches and i truely can't wait to see this again. Also Eva Mendes was just stunning, just really really beautiful.
I can't recommend this film enough to anyone that is interested in just having a nice afternoon at the movies. I enjoyed this movie as much as any Richard Curtis film ( by the way i love all of them).
Chris Rating - 6.5/10
Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens (Will Smith) is a so called dating doctor. He helps the men out there with there women problems. When Hitch is faced with one of his toughest prospects, Albert (Kevin James). Albert is the toughest client Hitch have ever been faced with, he can't dance, he doesn't know what to say and he is clumsy as all hell. While Hitch is trying to help Albert get his girl he falls for a gossip columnist named Sara (Eva Mendes). The only problem is that Hitch can't seem to get his own stuff together to be able to sweep Sara off her feet. The question for the rest of the film is can Albert and Hitch get there girls.
The best thing about this movie is that first time writer Kevin Bisch breaks the romantic comedy mold just enough to bring a little spark to it. His writing sometimes does get a little corny but you can't help that with this type of film. Those low points aren't really that big of a problem because the rest of the movie flows so well. Will Smith and Kevin James are just fantastic and really do steal the show. There slapstick and timing really had me in stiches and i truely can't wait to see this again. Also Eva Mendes was just stunning, just really really beautiful.
I can't recommend this film enough to anyone that is interested in just having a nice afternoon at the movies. I enjoyed this movie as much as any Richard Curtis film ( by the way i love all of them).
Chris Rating - 6.5/10
# posted by Chris @ 8:58 PM 
