Is Sara Melas really someone you'd want to get hitched to?

Rating: 7/10 (18 March 2011)

According to boxofficemojo.com, Hitch was 3rd in the list of top grossing romantic comedies since 1978. (As Good As It Gets came in at No. 10 and if you've read our About page you know how we feel about that.)
Really? We guess we can understand this on some level - both are easy on the eyes and we can definitely see their appeal. But 3rd in the last 32 years? Not seeing that.
The two show some early potential, but it quickly falls apart for us once Sara starts showing her dark underside. Hitch is smart, sexy, tall, dark and handsome, and he gets women. Sara is also smart and sexy, a beautiful tough-as-nails gossip reporter that also has a vulnerable side she is looking to hide. They first meet in a bar when Hitch rescues Sara from a persistent suitor. Sara does her best to appear cool but is clearly curious about this handsome stranger, and the two seem well matched at verbal sparring.
We loved their first date, or - to be more specific - we loved the invitation, complete with messenger-delivered walkie-talkie and wet suit. Hitch definitely gets points for creativity.
Unfortunately Sara's crazy side quickly begins to show. We found her extreme display of emotion upon seeing her great great (great?) grandfather's name at Ellis Island inexplicable - are we heartless bitches for asking: who gets that choked up over a relative that died 100 years ago and that they've never met? And what was with the little fit she had after waking up on Hitch's couch one morning and finding him gone - for coffee? But the final straw came for us the night he had her over for dinner. Unfortunately (but understandably) Hitch is not upfront about what he does for a living, and when Sara eventually finds out she is (also understandably) upset. But instead of just confronting him like an adult and asking for an explanation, she stages an embarrassing scene that includes wine-chugging and a mini food fight.
There comes a moment in a relationship when the person you like suddenly does something that makes you realize: you are not who I thought you were. This would have been that moment for us, and we think, for Alex as well. Why he would choose to go back we find mystifying.
This is not a grownup. OK, we've all had our meltdowns, but there's just a few too many here for our comfort level. And what really bugs us is that they all feel totally contrived.
Call us grownups but we just don't think that a woman who looks good in glasses, tight skirts and heels provides sufficient grounds for getting hitched. Run, Alex! Run!
Sidebar: The couple we did think had potential here was Albert and Allegra. Both adorable, sweet, kind and with a goofiness that was extremely endearing. Those two we will happily give 5 Reels to.
Reel Thing Rating: 2 out of 5 Reels
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