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Hitch (2005)

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69

Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 179
Fresh: 124 | Rotten: 55

Despite Hitch's predictability, Will Smith and Kevin James win praise for their solid, warmhearted performances.

64

Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 13

Despite Hitch's predictability, Will Smith and Kevin James win praise for their solid, warmhearted performances.

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Average Rating: 3.4/5
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Movie Info

A man who teaches dateless wonders how to become irresistible to women learns just how hard it can be to do it yourself in this romantic comedy. When a guy in New York City wants to make the right impression with a certain lady, Alex "Hitch" Hitchens (Will Smith) is the man he calls. Hitch has made a career out of coordinating a man's first three dates so that they'll show him to his best advantage (for a price, of course), and more than a few have taken women to the altar they first started

PG-13,

Comedy, Romance

Kevin Bisch

Jun 14, 2005

$177.6M

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All Critics (188) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (128) | Rotten (58) | DVD (30)

I didn't expect much from Hitch and, not surprisingly, I didn't get much -- but I was entranced by the film nonetheless, from a historical perspective.

February 24, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Observer
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I did enjoy the buddy dynamic between Smith and James, who puts kind of a cocky spin on the clumsy fat guy cliches. And there were about a half-dozen jokes that had me laughing out loud.

February 14, 2005 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper
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Looks like another love TKO.

February 12, 2005 Full Review Source: Salon.com
Salon.com
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The movie's last two minutes, in which they all do goofy dances and have no dialogue or script to get in their way, is easily the highlight. It's the previous 113 minutes of plot that cause problems.

February 12, 2005 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail
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Smith and Mendes are terrific together. He brings her game up so high you'd think she has had as many good parts as Smith.

February 11, 2005 Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press
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Smith, of course, is so cool he can afford to pretend to be uncool; but what really works for him here is the interplay with James, whose inner-wild-man dance moves alone are worth the price of admission.

February 11, 2005
Detroit News
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Will Smith charms again; best for teens and up.

December 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

In a movie where the film's trailer has spoiled all its best scenes, and the onscreen chemistry between our primary lovebirds is a failed experiment, it's refreshing that "Hitch" still provides that rare buoyant romantic lift that the genre promises.

April 18, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com
ColeSmithey.com

Does everyone fall in love after the third date? In his world, they do.

July 19, 2008 Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | Comments (2)
San Francisco Examiner

full review in Greek

October 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses
Movies for the Masses

Fans of movies like The Wedding Planner and You've Got Mail looking for a charming date movie with lots of laughs will fall in love with Hitch.

September 28, 2006
Christianity Today

Does a fine job of staying away from an overage of boredom and sentimentality while providing a good mix of laughter along the way.

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat
Film Threat

For what it is, Hitch gets the job done.

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat
Film Threat

Will Smith can play a matchmaker, too!

August 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Wordmag.com
Wordmag.com

A bouncy if slight romantic comedy for both men and women whose success lies in its wooly mix of many different colors, tempos and tones.

July 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine

Audience Reviews for Hitch

It is sad to see a talented actor like Will Smith wasted in such an idiotic romantic comedy. A movie that is silly and implausible, full of clichés, ridiculous situations, unfunny gags, painful dialogue and with an extremely corny and embarrassing ending.
October 22, 2009
blacksheepboy

Super Reviewer

Chemisty; the word that saved this film. Though the film lacked in very strong script, it made up for in it's chemistry amongst the stars. Will Smith, Eva Mendes and Kevin James and the strong supporting stars build coexisting flames that torched the way throughout the entire film. 4.5/5
August 22, 2008
Eugene Bernabe

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    1. Sara Melas: You're single. Relax and enjoy the ride.
    2. Casey: I haven'y been ridden in years.
    – Submitted by Michael M (8 months ago)
    1. Alex "Hitch" Hitchens: Right, but see, here's the thing - my clients actually *like* women.
    – Submitted by Adam K (8 months ago)
    1. Alex "Hitch" Hitchens: You wanna jump out a plane without a chute, be my guest. But forgive me if I don't join you.
    – Submitted by Ric A (9 months ago)
    1. Alex "Hitch" Hitchens: [last lines] Basic principles - there are none.
    – Submitted by Arabinda M (19 months ago)
    1. Alex "Hitch" Hitchens: You know what it's like getting up every morning feeling hopeless, feeling like the love of your life is waking up with the wrong man? But, at the same time, hoping that she still finds happiness, even if it's never going to be with you?
    – Submitted by Arabinda M (19 months ago)
    1. Alex "Hitch" Hitchens: Sixty percent of all human communication is nonverbal, body language; thirty percent is your tone. So that means that ninety percent of what you're saying ain't coming out of your mouth. Of course she's going to lie to you! She's a nice person. She doesn't want to hurt your feelings. What else she going to say? She doesn't even know you... yet. Luckily, the fact is that just like the rest of us, even a beautiful woman doesn't know what she wants until she sees it, and that's where I come in. My job is to open her eyes. Basic principles: no matter what, no matter when, no matter who... any man has a chance to sweep any woman off her feet. He just needs the right broom.
    – Submitted by Arabinda M (19 months ago)

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