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Hitch
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Hitch is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant. The cast includes Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James, and Amber Valletta. Produced by James Lassiter and Will Smith, the movie was distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix. It was filmed in New York City and Long Island, with George Fenton composing the score. The film has a runtime of 118 minutes and is rated PG-13.
The production had a budget of $70,000,000 and generated a box office revenue of $371,600,000. It received a Metascore of 58 and an IMDb rating of 6.6 based on 349,763 votes. The film won four awards and received 24 nominations. A derivative work titled Partner was also produced.
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6.6Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to Albert – now Allegra's boyfriend – it threatens to destroy both relationships.
Cast
- Will Smith as Hitch
- Eva Mendes as Sara
- Kevin James as Albert
- Amber Valletta as Allegra
- Julie Ann Emery as Casey
- Adam Arkin as Max
Themes
- romcom
- speed date
- dating
- romantic
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
343,989 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
68%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 2005
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 4 wins & 24 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Andy Tennant
- Written by
- Kevin Bisch
- Produced by
- Will Smith James Lassiter Teddy Zee
- Starring
- Will Smith Eva Mendes Kevin James Amber Valletta Michael Rapaport Adam Arkin
- Cinematography
- Andrew Dunn
- Edited by
- Troy Takaki Tracey Wadmore-Smith
- Music by
- George Fenton
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures , Overbrook Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release date
- February 11, 2005 ( 2005-02-11 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 118 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $55–70 million
- Box office
- $371.5 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Hitch is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant and starring Will Smith in the title role, along with Eva Mendes, Kevin James, and Amber Valletta. Written by Kevin Bisch, it features Smith as a professional matchmaker who makes a living teaching men how to woo women. Unfortunately, while helping his latest client woo the woman of his dreams, he finds out that his game does not work on the gossip columnist with whom he is smitten.
Columbia Pictures released Hitch on February 11, 2005. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a box office hit, grossing $371.5 million worldwide, becoming the tenth highest-grossing film of 2005.
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