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Rating: Null/10 (11 February 2005)

i got to see this movie late last night, the theatre i work at shows new movies for the staff. I had heard that it got good reviews but i was poorly mistaken.
Will Smith's role as a match-maker by any means nessecary is basically his worst role since Independence Day. While he tries to help Kevin James with getting his girl, Smith has women troubles of his own, leading to what i believe were supposed to be "humorous moments". The only funny things he did was hi-jack a dog and kick a girl in the face.
Now, i'm a bit of a fan of Kevin James and i feel disgraced that he would take this role. I'm not sure how anyone could've read the script and thought is was worth making. However, i'm not a total jerk. James's performance was just about the only thing that kept me in the theatre. We got to see a bit of his trademark "flipping out" as seen in most of his stand-up, so that was a bit of fun.
All in all, the plot wasn't really believable in that James would never be able to get the girl he was chasing. It has it's moments but not many. I suppose it's an OK date movie since it has "chick flick" written all over it, and the ladies'll laugh a bit. But if you're by yourself, you're better off seeing Pooh's Heffalump, at least the pain doesn't last as long.