Hitch

Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James, Amber Valletta. Columbia Pictures, 2005.

Very sweet movie. I like movies where there are truly no real villains (well, there is a villian in this one - but only a minor role - 2 scenes total, and he gets slapped around in both of them) and where nobody is trying to hurt, destroy, or otherwise take advantage of any other character - simply a movie in which two couples are trying to fall in love, and really don't know if they are or not.

That's pretty much this movie in a nutshell. Basic plot - Hitch helps geeks get dates with dreamgirls in Manhattan. Emphasis - he is NOT pimping, coercing, or otherwise misrepresenting - he is simply showing the dreamgirls that the geeks are the men of THEIR dreams. Eva Mendes is your hard-bitten (i.e. bitter) rag journalist. Kevin James, geek accountant - Amber Valletta, rich socialite dreamgirl. Hitch gets them together. Mendes finds out - but misunderstands (through the "villian") and believes that Hitch is a pimpish scumbag.

And much ensuing hilarity throughout. Plot can get convoluted at times, but there's enough to keep you laughing and entertained and overall the moral is that it's the sweet, simple, clumsy and dorky things that we do that our partners love so much in us.

And that, my friends, is a point that hasn't been overstated.

Rent it for a laugh and a warm fuzzy feeling!

VG