An average movie

There was a time when the box-office was ruled by movie stars. During the last decade, there were however only 3 stars who were still a guarantee of box-office success (Johnny Depp, Will Smith and Adam Sandler) but those days are gone as well. Indeed, in 2013 and 2014, all their movies flopped (‘Transcendence’, ‘The Lone Ranger’, ‘After Earth’, ‘Blended’, ‘That’s my boy’). Anyway, 10 years ago, Will Smith was pretty much the box-office king and pretty much everything he touched became gold at the time. Can you imagine if he would release a romantic-comedy today? I’m pretty sure it would be a flop. Back then, it was pretty successful though and I thought it was not bad at all. Indeed, one thing I have always enjoyed with Will Smith is the way he tackles some mainstream genres (here, the rom-com) but manages to give it an interesting twist. I mean, this movie is actually nothing amazing whatsoever, it remains way too faithful to the formula, but I actually liked the concept and Will Smith was really charismatic. Back in those days, Kevin James was not yet another annoying Sandler’s sidekick and he was actually bearable here. To conclude, even though it didn’t grow very well, I thought it was a decent romantic-comedy and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10