Better than I expected!

Rating: 8/10 (17 March 2005)

Judging by the preview for this movie, I assumed it would follow the same pattern of every make-over movie out there. I was pretty surprised to see it only held that pattern very loosely throughout.
It wasn't like a teen movie where the makeover instructor discovers they've been wrong all along right at the end... this movie is really about the instructor and how he can talk the talk, but he can't walk the walk.
It made me laugh pretty hard a lot of times. I didn't expect it to be funny beyond what the preview gave up. It also had a few touching moments.. and then crafty ways of coming out of them right back into comedy. (like an episode of Friends) I was also impressed by the length of the movie. Fast-paced from beginning to end, and never lets up once. Most movies can't do this in less than 90 minutes... but Hitch keeps it going all the way.
Thank you to the makers of this film for coming out with something purely entertaining, and not more repeated crap. Good job avoiding the norm. (whats original these days, anyway?)