Will Smith in "Hitch", a pleasant little romance, but really not much of a movie. First time screenwriter, Kevin Bisch, has cobbled together a bunch of clichés and the movies funniest moments are given away in the TV commercials, but somehow you forgive it all because Will Smith looks so damn comfortable on the screen. He and Kevin James work very well together, but the romantic interests is Revlon Model Eva Mendes, who is very easy on the eye but is nothing but an embarrassment as an actress.The female lead should have been former Calvin Klein model Amber Valletta, who plays Kevin James' love interest. She and Smith had some real chemistry in the one scenes they share together, but Mendes was in Will Smith's "Miami" video, so we can only guess how she got the job. The real shock is director Andy Tennant, who has made nothing but crap up until now, and he was a dancer in the Bee Gee's "Sgt. Pepper" movie, which has nothing to do with anything, but I do think he should be made fun of for it. The DVD offers little in the way of interesting extras: a deleted scene where Mendes flashes people on the ferry, Kevin James improving a dance routine and your standard blooper reel. Not a full blown chick flick, but "Hitch" is definitely a date movie, you have been warned.
