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Hitch

The Slow Ride / Kid Cudi – Pursuit of Happiness Award for Best Needle Drop

Hitch The Rewatchables

Usher’s Yeah!; Amerie’s One Thing; Motown opening songs.

The soundtrack’s early-2000s songs and the director’s access through Will Smith are praised.

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:10:27Read transcript
  • Usher’s Yeah! is selected.
  • Amerie’s One Thing is praised as an important soundtrack choice.
  • The opening Motown songs and John Legend cover are proposed.
  • Will Smith personally obtaining Usher’s clearance is reported.
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What’s Aged the Worst?

Hitch The Rewatchables

Michael Rapaport as a likable friend; extravagant courtship; assaults; tabloid office; pacing and allergy sequence.

Several objections are debated, including whether the gestures depend on attraction and whether the movie means its corny lines.

Flex pick · Mina Kimes

In the discussion (10)
Approx. transcript time · 01:12:45Read transcript
  • Michael Rapaport playing a likable friend is selected by Mina under an explicitly cued flex. — Mina Kimes
  • The luxurious, unrealistic tabloid office is criticized.
  • Hitch’s elaborate first-date planning and walkie-talkies are criticized as potentially creepy now.
  • The response is defended as depending on whether the recipient already likes the man.
  • The seven o’clock meeting time is judged stranger than the jet skis.
  • Women striking men and the food fight are criticized as conduct contemporary movies would avoid.
  • Hitch choosing Sara rather than the Paula Patton character is criticized.
  • The middle of the movie drags when Kevin James is absent.
  • The food-allergy comedy is criticized.
  • The extreme portrayal of Albert as a man who could win Allegra is judged less believable now.
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The Amanda Dobbins Award for Best Piece of Real Estate

Hitch The Rewatchables

The brownstone stoop used for Albert’s attempted kiss.

A story that the filmmakers knocked on Sarah Jessica Parker’s door is repeated and doubted.

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:13:59Read transcript
  • The brownstone stoop used in the kiss lesson is selected.
  • The director’s story that Sarah Jessica Parker answered the door and allowed filming is reported.
  • The panel openly doubts that story.
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The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

Hitch The Rewatchables

Will Smith and Eva Mendes’s chemistry; the extended kiss lesson.

The first is contrasted with stronger pairings, while the second is defended as iconic; others find no weak link.

In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:15:14Read transcript
  • Will Smith and Eva Mendes’s romantic chemistry is criticized as merely adequate. — Van Lathan
  • Their chemistry is compared unfavorably with Smith and Margot Robbie and with Mendes and Ryan Gosling. — Van Lathan
  • Will Smith and Kevin James are judged to have the movie’s strongest chemistry.
  • The extended kissing lesson is criticized as overlong.
  • The kissing lesson is defended as iconic and not bothersome.
  • Another view says there are no weak links because the core actors are solid.
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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Hitch The Rewatchables

Hitch is Will Smith’s fourth-best film; it may be his purest star performance; Eva Mendes should have remained in Fast & Furious.

Focus over Hitch and several franchise alternatives are argued separately.

In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:23:01Read transcript
  • Hitch is ranked as Will Smith’s fourth-best movie behind Men in Black, Independence Day, and Bad Boys.
  • Focus is ranked above Hitch by another participant.
  • Hitch is proposed as Will Smith’s best or most representative pure movie-star performance.
  • Eva Mendes leaving the Fast & Furious series after 2 Fast 2 Furious is called its biggest mistake.
  • Replacing Michelle Rodriguez with Mendes from the first film is proposed and disputed.
  • Keeping both women in the franchise is offered as the preferred alternative.
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Casting What-Ifs

Hitch The Rewatchables

Patton Oswalt as Albert; Alexander Skarsgård’s cut role; Ali Larter as a fictional celebrity.

Each is presented as reported casting or production history.

In the discussion (3)
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  • Patton Oswalt is reported as the second choice for Albert and rejected by the panel for this role.
  • Alexander Skarsgård’s scenes as Allegra’s boyfriend were reportedly cut, leaving only a photograph.
  • Ali Larter reportedly supplied images for the fictional celebrity.
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Recasting Couch

Hitch The Rewatchables

Stanley Tucci as Sara’s boss; Will Ferrell or other comic actors as Albert.

Ferrell’s height and star size are objections; the existing cast is repeatedly defended.

In the discussion (4)
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  • Stanley Tucci is proposed as Sara’s editor.
  • Will Ferrell is proposed as Albert.
  • Ferrell is criticized as too tall and already too large a star for the part.
  • The existing Kevin James casting is defended as the right balance.
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The Big Kahuna Burger Award for Best Use of Food and Drink

Hitch The Rewatchables

Benadryl through a straw; Rice to Riches pudding.

The first is selected despite questions about safety, and the real Soho shop is remembered fondly.

In the discussion (3)
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  • Hitch drinking Benadryl through a straw is selected.
  • The panel asks how much Benadryl someone could sip before passing out or suffering harm.
  • Rice pudding at Rice to Riches is proposed and the real shop is remembered.
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Half-Assed Internet Research

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Ellis Island ancestry; Smith’s inability to swim; Eva Mendes in Miami; soundtrack; proposed Jets stadium.

Production accounts and period New York details are retained separately.

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:33:32Read transcript
  • Will Smith reportedly resisted Ellis Island because Black Americans generally did not enter there; his producing partner’s family record changed his mind.
  • Smith reportedly could not swim and wore a large life vest for the jet-ski work.
  • Eva Mendes appearing in the Miami music video and Smith not remembering her are reported.
  • The soundtrack’s Amerie and Beyoncé comparison is discussed as music lore.
  • Albert’s reference to the proposed West Side Jets stadium is retained as period research.
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