Women have surfaces, men have depths.
Hitch
Year: 2005
Written by: Kevin Bisch
Directed by: Andy Tennant
Stars: Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James, Amber Valletta
Show notes:
We are not aware of many rom coms that centre a straight man’s experience. Maybe this is the only one. Straight men rejoice!
Content note: In this episode there is some discussion of incel culture, assault, violence and death.
If you would like to skip the plot summary for this month’s film you can spool forward about 5 and a half minutes or so into the episode.
In this episode we mention the films:
He’s Just Not That Into You (2009) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1001508/)
Jerry Maguire (1996) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116695/)
And the TV series:
Sex And The City (1998-2004) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159206/)
Next month we are going to be talking about Notting Hill (1999) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125439/)
If you would like to suggest films for future episodes, you can tweet Lisa: @LisaStowaway.
We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.
Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzalzaustwick.com).
Artwork is by Lisa Findley.
Thank you for listening!
