Will Smith charms again; best for teens and up.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 24, 2010

Considerably heavier on romance than comedy, "Hitch" stitches together relatively few laughs but generates enough goodwill and energy to keep much of the audience in its corner.

| Jul 28, 2008

It's a fantasy that will fill box-office coffers, but it makes for a movie that's a little too innocuous for its own good.

| Nov 1, 2007

Tennant loses tempo towards the end as he tries to shoehorn in sufficient rom to temper the com, but by then we've seen enough from Smith to know he can - and will - milk this genre for all it's worth.

| Jun 24, 2006

As a Will Smith movie, this isn't likely to blow either minds or the box office, but as romantic comedies go it's certainly better than the average.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2006

Hitch isn't a memorable date.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 1, 2005

I didn't expect much from Hitch and, not surprisingly, I didn't get much -- but I was entranced by the film nonetheless, from a historical perspective.

| Feb 24, 2005

... while both of these performers look great together, they really don't seem to belong together.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 20, 2005

I did enjoy the buddy dynamic between Smith and James, who puts kind of a cocky spin on the clumsy fat guy cliches. And there were about a half-dozen jokes that had me laughing out loud.

Full Review | Feb 14, 2005

The movie's last two minutes, in which they all do goofy dances and have no dialogue or script to get in their way, is easily the highlight. It's the previous 113 minutes of plot that cause problems.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 12, 2005

By no means is this one of Smith's better performances, but he's such a likeable, self-effacing (not to mention good looking) performer it's not exactly difficult to watch him work.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 12, 2005

Looks like another love TKO.

Full Review | Feb 12, 2005

Smith and Mendes are terrific together. He brings her game up so high you'd think she has had as many good parts as Smith.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 11, 2005

Smith, of course, is so cool he can afford to pretend to be uncool; but what really works for him here is the interplay with James, whose inner-wild-man dance moves alone are worth the price of admission.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Feb 11, 2005

Manages time and again to deliver familiar notes that it then jazzes up.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 11, 2005

Here's hoping this first romantic comedy won't be his last. Or the best.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 11, 2005

Will Smith has always had an easy time grabbing the spotlight.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 11, 2005

Faint praise it may be, but those looking for a cute date movie this weekend could do far worse. As could Smith, for that matter.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 11, 2005

Director Andy Tennant and screenwriter Kevin Bisch establish a breezy tone and offer up a New York that exists only in the movies, in the best, most escapist sense.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 11, 2005

A rare studio product that earns the goodwill it smugly demands.

| Feb 11, 2005