The 2005 classic rom-com has returned on Netflix, which, also you should be happy about if you don’t think you’re a rom-com person. Why? Well, besides the reality for him to be cute (sparingly), it’s one of the few rom-coms that actually provides a great framework for How to Date Without Being a Dick that it’s one of the few rom-coms to star two love interests of color (Will Smith and Eva Mendes, as Hitch and Sarah) and utilizes the exact right amount of Kevin James.
The character that is titular built a profession as a “date doctor,” somebody who secretly plans dates and informs guys just how to act so that the girl of the fantasies really responds to them. Yes, it is built in the premise that a man can understand he’s supposed to be with someone before ever interacting it winds up subverting most of the rom-com tropes we’ve come to rely on with her, but. Basically, to achieve love, don’t work like you’re in a rom-com.
The film starts by acknowledging that the ways that are adorable meet into the films (how come more and more people throw on their own right in front of vehicles?) are incredibly absurd that there’s no chance they are often spontaneous. Needless to say there’s somebody like Hitch behind the scenes researching these women’s pasts so dudes can casually participate in emotionally conversation that is resonant.