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Hitch

year 2005decade 00sdirector Andy Tennantgenre Comedygenre Romance
host Bill Simmonshost Van Lathanguest Mina Kimesproducer Craig Horlbeck
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The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson · 2:00:28

True love does not need gimmicks

Life is measured by moments that take your breath away is proposed and mocked as corny.

The film

Hitch (2005)

Directed by Andy Tennant · Comedy

118 minutes

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Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Will Smith Alex ‘Hitch’ Hitchens
Eva Mendes Sara Melas
Kevin James Albert Brennaman
Amber Valletta Allegra Cole
Julie Ann Emery Casey Sedgewick
Philip Bosco Mr. O'Brian
Adam LeFevre Speed Dating Guy
Robinne Lee Cressida Baylor
Jeffrey Donovan Vance Munson
Paula Patton Mandy
Ato Essandoh Tanis
Beau Sia Drugstore Clerk

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1:12:45

What’s Aged the Worst?

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

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

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. — Van Lathan
  • Women striking men and the food fight are criticized as conduct contemporary movies would avoid. — Van Lathan
  • Hitch choosing Sara rather than the Paula Patton character is criticized.
  • The middle of the movie drags when Kevin James is absent. — Bill Simmons
  • The food-allergy comedy is criticized. — Bill Simmons
  • The extreme portrayal of Albert as a man who could win Allegra is judged less believable now.
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