Hitch is the formula romantic comedies should use

Rating: 8/10 (11 March 2009)

The great thing about Hitch is that it is not your standard, run of the mill romantic comedy; it actually has some substance and thought. Will Smith is an extremely handsome man and Kevin James is not bad looking either, however, admittedly, he isn't the archetype of something that all women lust over, he's a regular guy, overweight, goofy, and doesn't know what to do. Romantic comedies have knack for making guys only looking to get into women's pants and women being the helpless 'victims;' Hitch turned that idea on it's ear and made the men 'helpless' and the women more of the strong, unapproachable beings which is a great switch for guys who feel like they just don't have what it takes to be the man that all the women want or even just one woman wants; they feel like losers. Hitch is a romantic comedy for nice guys who are having difficulty in romance; I'm not saying it's a 'How to Guide' but it's certainly the only film I've seen that empathizes with the man's struggle in the world of relationships and that's what makes it so wonderful and unique. I'm surprised Hitch has such little fanfare or appreciation, to me it seems completely revolutionary but perhaps that is the problem; people weren't ready to see this they still wanted to see women fawning over muscular, chiseled men and men being sexual jerks who only want sex. Hitch is the movie I look to in my own film work as I try to expose the struggle of the 'nice guy' who just doesn't know what to do.