Hitch (2005)

This was a cute lighthearted comedy starring Will Smith and Eva Mendes. I typically can’t stand Eva Mendes, something about her bugs me, but she was alright in this role. Overconfident man with a secret job meets overconfident woman and when overconfident woman finds out his job she is hurt and upset and we spend some time trying to see this resolved and then they go on to live happily ever after. Despite the fact that the underlying story has been done over and over again in many romantic comedies (Failure to Launch, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days) the story was different enough to engage your interest. Kevin James (from King of Queens) was a pleasure to watch and had me laughing at many scenes in the movie. Will Smith has to coach him on how to make a rich beautiful woman fall in love with him, and hilarity that follows is great to watch.

I gave this movie 3.5 out of 5 stars.