If you’ve heard the rumors, they’re true. There really is a movie out there showcasing Will Smith as a less-than demigod.

Forget chasing after aliens and strutting around as a gun-wielding pimp, “Hitch” is an entertaining makeover on the Hollywood superstar, as he faces his most difficult opponent yet — women.

Will Smith plays Alex Hitchens, — aka Hitch — a seemingly omniscient, independent contractor of love who helps a clumsy corporate geek, played by Kevin James, attract the attention of a Paris Hilton clone named Allegra Cole.

Unbeknownst to him, Smith starts to break his own rules by mixing business with pleasure, ultimately falling in love with an attractive gossip columnist.

Smith’s sudden rebirth as a normal, sometimes unsettling, awkward guy, makes for an interesting dynamic alongside a talented supporting cast of social illiterates. It tells a cautionary tale of love, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Acting as a theatrical portrayal of “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus,” “Hitch” seems to be as much about the human psyche and one’s internal search for self-esteem as it is about dating.

True to life, the film shows that even with a sly date doctor, you can’t just Google a girl or guy and expect everything to fall into place.

Smith learns this the hard way by accidentally kicking his date in the face and setting up a not-so-wonderful family reunion.

The film’s multifaceted story lines are well composed and connected, and some laughs — awkward laughs — as we watch people go through the same gauntlet we deny having endured.

The movie begins to falter during some of the scenes between Smith and love interest Eva Mendes, when deep, passionate thought is attempted. In actuality, their banter may as well have been the result of the script falling into the hands of a disgruntled Hallmark employee.

One cannot help but overlook “Hitch’s” cheese-factor, however, and see its true intentions to be a feel-good movie for the masses to date to — hell, it beats a faux-candlelight dinner at your local Dairy Queen.

“Hitch” is simply a good film to watch — it entertains and jests, gives us a break from Oliver Stone, and judging from the two high schoolers making out at the back of the theater, Hitchens may actually be of some help.