One Small Hitch

One Small Hitch

Love with strings attached.

Directed by John Burgess

Produced by Principle Entertainment

2013100 min6.6 / 10

A warm, lighthearted romantic comedy about childhood friends whose fake engagement becomes real, built on family chaos and the discovery of genuine connection.

On a flight home to Chicago for a family wedding, childhood friends Josh and Molly innocently agree to fake a wedding engagement to make Josh's dying father happy. Things quickly get out of hand with their two boisterous families, and a series of events causes them to pretend to be a couple and start planning a phony wedding. When the playacting begins to foster real feelings, the two must make some serious decisions: Split up and return to their lives in LA, or make a life as a couple back in Chicago?

Questions people ask

  • Is One Small Hitch scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.

  • Is One Small Hitch easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of films.

  • Is One Small Hitch violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Does One Small Hitch end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 92% of films.

  • Is One Small Hitch sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

34/ 100

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Rarity3

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Surprise76

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Love50

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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