Hitch Movie

Director:
Andy Tennant

Writer (WGA):
Kevin Bisch (written by)

Release Date :
Germany 14 February 2005 (Berlin International Film Festival)

Genre:
Comedy | Romance

Cast :
* Alex "Hitch" Hitchens - Will Smith
* Sara Melas - Eva Mendes
* Albert Brennaman - Kevin James
* Allegra Cole - Amber Valletta
* Casey Sedgewick - Julie Ann Emery
* Max - Adam Arkin
* Cressida Baylor - Robinne Lee
* Geoff - Nathan Lee Graham
* Ben - Michael Rapaport
* Vance Munson - Jeffrey Donovan
* Mandy - Paula Patton

Original Sound Track :
1. 1 Thing - Amerie
2. Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing - John Legend
3. This Is How I Feel - Earth, Wind & Fire/Kelly Rowland/Sleepy Brown
4. Ooh Wee - Mark Ronson/Ghostface Killah/Nate Dogg/Trife Da God/Saigon
5. Now That We Found Love - Heavy D & The Boyz
6. Happy - Meleni Smith
7. Love Train - The O'Jays
8. I Can't Get Next to You - The Temptations
9. You Can Get It If You Really Want - Jimmy Cliff
10. It's Easy to Fall in Love (With A Guy Like You) - Martha Reeves/The Vandellas
11. Reasons - Earth, Wind & Fire
12. Never Gonna Let You Go (She's a Keepa) - Omarion
13. Turn Me On - Kevin Lyttle

Plot :
Alex "Hitch" Hitchens (Will Smith) is a professional "date doctor", or consultant as Hitch terms himself, who coaches other men in the art of having the perfect date with the woman of their dreams.

In a flashback scene, Hitch, a then-nerd, dated a girl in college that cheated on him and was heartbroken, which gave him the motive becoming a date doctor to help his fellow men who are the hopeless romantic he once was.

While coaching one of his clients, Albert Brennaman (Kevin James), who is smitten with celebrity Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta), Hitch finds himself falling for Sara Melas (Eva Mendes), a gossip columnist who is determined to unmask and ruin the so-called date doctor after one of his "clients" (with whom Hitch refused to work with, unknown to Sara) had a one night stand with her best friend. However, where Albert and Allegra's relationship continues to progress, Hitch finds that none of his tried and tested methods are working on himself, despite being a master of the art.

Sara finds out that Hitch is the date doctor and mistakenly concludes that he is the reason that he helps men have flings with women, which makes Albert look like he's just after sex. Hitch reveals to Sara and her friend that he helps men have a chance to do the impossible by dating the women of their dreams. Afterwards, Hitch is hesitant to speak to Sara and Albert is upset that the media thinks he really isn't in love with Allegra.

Hitch confronts Allegra and convinces her to reunite with Albert, before finally reconciling with Sara. In the process, he makes the startling discovery that he doesn't really do anything significant; while Hitch is able to give them the confidence boost to go after what they want, most of his customers (particularly Albert) really were successful by just being themselves.

In the end, Albert and Allegra get married and celebrate their marriage with Hitch and Sara, who are also back together again. Hitch, reflecting on love's unpredictability, addresses the audience in the last line: "Basic principles... There are none".

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