Hitched on the Short Bus

Rating: 2/10 (18 February 2007)

This movie is pure garbage that the mainstream media makes a bundle on for the dumbed down public.
First a short summary of the plot of the movie Hitch quoted from Hollywood Reporter:
"the story of Smith's Alex "Hitch" Hitchens, the smooth New York bachelor who, for a reasonable fee, will teach his fellow men, no matter how meek or mild, how to woo the woman of their dreams.
Hitch has his hands full coaching timid corporate accountant Albert Brennaman (Kevin James), who's head-over-heels smitten with Allegra Cole (supermodel-actress Amber Valletta), a glamorous socialite who normally wouldn't give the likes of Albert a second glance, let alone a first. Although Hitch has never truly recovered from having his heart broken back in college, he suddenly finds himself wearing it back on his sleeve when he meets Sara Melas (Eva Mendes), a gossip reporter for the New York Standard tabloid who makes a living covering and uncovering the love affairs of the rich and famous but has yet to find her own Mr. Right. Somehow, the date doctor's patented prescription for love and happiness doesn't work quite as well when he's required to do the self-medicating and he has to learn the tricky art of just being himself, rather than the person he thinks women want to see."
The problem I have with this movie is that it is BS, and a BS that crosses the line. It is like a movie where a psychologist tells the patient to act in a way that is harmful and that many chumps in the audience, both male and female will take a valid reflection of the real world, when in effect that advice has the opposite effect.
My biggest problem is the script and of the characters. Will Smith is charming and charismatic by comparison to the other characters yet the dialog falls way below all standards and into the short bus. I wasn't able to sit through this one when it came on TV, nor did I even have the stomach leaving it on the TV as I cleaned the living room. Most repugnant character was Smith's love interest Sara who was a total hypocritical "Reactor and Moralizer" who severely betrayed Smiths trust and compromised his confidential relationship with his clients.
It was nauseating seeing a so called Dr. of Love who doesn't have the integrity to drop (or get payback) on a target who clearly crosses the line and f&*ks him over.
What is really disappointing is that with this premise it could have been a very good fun and informative movie. If it was it would probably have not been the blockbuster it was. Sigh! This theme was done 100x better in the very good but slightly flawed "The Tao of Steve"