Movie of the Week (2/9/14-2/15/14): I hear tell love is in the air this week, and if you want some of you can just swat it away or spray it with a can of air-freshener, or you can embrace it. That's right, this Friday is Valentines Day, or as I like to call it "Single Awareness Day," and naturally we need a movie that celebrates this holiday, at least I guess we do. However, Valentines Day is the last thing on the minds of the people in the movie this week because it is about getting people together for the first time. But, the people in this movie need the help of a man known as "The Date Doctor." This is Hitch.
This film is a touching film as it is about a man who helps men who have a hard time talking to women, sounds like something I need, and gets them on a date. Alex Hitchens is "The Date Doctor" and he specializes in getting men on dates with women who they think they have no chance with or can't talk to. He has these principles that he and his clients go by that says otherwise. Throughout the film he focuses on one client, a guy named Albert, who wants to go on a date with the beautiful Allegra Cole. At the same time Hitch begins a relationship with a gossip columnist, Sara, who doesn't know who he is but is assigned to write about Allegra. Soon she gets some information, wrong information mind you, about Hitch from a potential client who wanted to use Hitch for something that he does not do.
Will Smith plays Hitch and like most of his roles he is enjoyable to watch in this one. This is probably one of his most moving performances as several times he delivers great and emotional monologues. My favorite comes near the end at a speed dating scene when some things get revealed. Kevin James plays Albert Brenneman and this is probably his best performance in a movie, he is funny and serious in several scenes and it really mixed well. These are the kinds of roles that he needs to be doing more often. Eva Mendez is Sara Melas and she too delivers a charming performance as a lost girl when it comes to love, plus the chemistry between her and Will is very good. Amber Valletta finishes off the main cast as Allegra and she too, like the rest, delivers a very nice performance.
This is the kind of movie where special effects are pretty much obsolete because it is about great story and great dialogue. This film has a very well written screenplay with some great scenes that contain wonderful monologues that are very moving. All in all it is also a very good story about love and what is the best way to peoples hearts, we can think Kevin Bisch for that. The film also has very good direction from Andy Tennant as it has a very nice flow from beginning to end along with several well directed scenes, that are funny and serious at the same time. He might be the reason Kevin James did such a good job. Now that being said this is probably Tennant's best movie because some of the others he has done are just trying to be romantic comedies, whereas this one is.
Like I said this is a romantic comedy that is actually good. Throughout the whole film we get stuff about romance and love, yes, but we also get several funny scenes that are spaced out very well. Plus we get a good original story that is touching and not the same thing that we see in every other romantic comedy out there. This film is a well written, acted, directed, and scored film that will make you laugh, give a crooked smile, maybe tear up a little, and make you think at times. This is one of those rare romantic comedies that could actually teach us a thing or two about love this Valentines Days.
3/4 Stars.
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