Kevin James and Amber Valletta dominate!

Rating: 10/10 (15 April 2020)

Will Smith and Eva Mendes are supposed to be front and center, but it's Kevin James and Amber Valletta who steal the show. That's not to say Smith and Mendes don't have the necessary screen presence and chemistry to make a rom-com worth watching, both portraying assertive workaholics who don't feel they have anything to prove, but James as the bumbling CFO who's got no game and Valletta as the gorgeous heiress who's clumsily adorable are the supporting characters with the supporting storyline that effortlessly takes over.
Alex Hitchens a.k.a. Hitch (Smith) is a professional "date doctor" who helps socially challenged men woo the women of their dreams. Albert Brennaman (James) is a not-so-suave hopeless romantic who's love struck by a highly sought-after socialite (Valletta) that usually dates the rich, famous, and exceptionally tall and handsome. When Albert hires Hitch to assist him, a gossip columnist named Sara Melas (Mendes) gets a tip that sets her out to expose the infamous date doctor that she previously thought was an urban myth. But Sara happens to be romantically involved with Hitch, whom she doesn't realize is the date doctor she's intent on publicly outing, so that's likely to cause some drama in this sweet, charming tale.