The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
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)
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- 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.