Hitch (2005)

Most people think so. 79% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 63%.

Dating 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. Wikipedia ↗

Hitch is a 2005 American romantic comedy directed by Andy Tennant. Will Smith stars as Alex "Hitch" Hitchens, a professional "date doctor" who coaches socially awkward men through the early stages of courtship, helping them win the women of their dreams through confidence-building and strategic romantic gestures. When Hitch takes on Albert Brennaman, a bumbling accountant played by Kevin James who is desperately in love with a celebrity heiress, Hitch's own romantic life is complicated by his growing feelings for Sara Melas, a skeptical gossip columnist played by Eva Mendes who is investigating the existence of a mythical date doctor.

Will Smith's charm was perfectly calibrated for the role of a man who understands romance intellectually but struggles to apply his own advice when his heart is involved. Kevin James's physical comedy as the well-meaning but catastrophically awkward Albert was the film's most consistently entertaining element. Hitch earned $368 million worldwide on a $70 million budget.