Most Rewatchable Scene
Dance lessons and first date; Albert attacking Hitch; opening principles; bar; jet skis; wedding.
All major set pieces are retained, with the dance-advice sequence receiving the strongest consensus.
In the discussion (26)
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- The opening montage of Hitch’s principles is proposed.
- The broom metaphor is accepted as fine.
- The claim that communication is 30 percent tone and 60 percent body language is doubted.
- The rule that a woman’s best friend must approve is endorsed and debated through personal examples.
- The bar conversation and flashback are proposed.
- Michael Rapaport’s single-scene role and unclear brother-in-law connection are separate observations about the bar sequence.
- The Paula Patton bar appearance and her star potential receive extended praise.
- Albert quitting in the boardroom while Hitch coaches from behind a door is proposed.
- Hitch rescuing Eva Mendes’s character from Chip is proposed as a classic smooth entrance.
- The walkie-talkie invitation is proposed.
- The Sunday timing is praised as a calculated way around Friday and Saturday refusal.
- Hitch is said to use the walkie-talkie partly because Sara’s coworkers will hear and react.
- The Hudson River jet-ski portion of the date is proposed.
- The Ellis Island reveal is proposed for its surprising butcher joke and Hitch’s planning failure.
- The early dance montage is proposed.
- The allergy scene is proposed; later, the food-allergy material is said not to work.
- Albert’s Knicks date and attempted kiss are proposed.
- The apartment food fight is proposed.
- The food fight is separately criticized as aggression that would not play the same way now.
- Speed dating is proposed.
- A reported post-pandemic speed-dating resurgence undercuts the idea that the activity is purely a 2005 relic.
- Will Smith and Eva Mendes are compared to two hot aliens placed among the speed-dating losers.
- Hitch pleading for Albert on Allegra’s boat is proposed.
- The wedding and end-credit dancing are proposed.
- Hitch pleading Albert’s case before Albert attacks him is selected as the funniest moment.
- The dance lesson intercut with Albert’s first date is the consensus selection.