Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)

Very well executed

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

A small-town girl wins a date with a male celebrity through a contest. When the date goes better than expected, a love triangle forms between the girl, the male celebrity, and the girl's best friend. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! is a bit charming and the actors do try their best (Josh Duhamel, Kate Bosworth and Topher Grace) unfortunately i think the film was missing the much more romantic part that it needed and it lacked on that scale also some of the dialogue was a bit cheesy as a whole. Not a terrible movie of course just a very disappointing and below average romantic comedy that could have been way better plus Bosworth's character at times was a bit too much "smart". (5/10)

A chick flick romantic comedy although the laughs are mainly provided by Sean Hayes and Nathan Lane.Tad Hamilton is an actor known for wholesome roles but when he is caught drinking and driving, leering with a floozy, his agents decide to get him some positive publicity by raising money for charity via a lottery. The lucky winner getting a date with him.Kate Bosworth plays the likable blonde from a small town who adores him and wins the date. For some reason even though the film is set in the modern day, she and her best friend thinks Tad is wholesome just like his film persona. Such lack of cynicism.Topher Grace plays Bosworth's friend who has always yearned for her but has been afraid to tell her. Tad has a good time in LA with Bosworth and follows her down to their small town, making Grace jealous.This is light, inoffensive, frothy film but with little substance. All the leads are likable enough, even Josh Duhamel gives Tad some likability and sincerity but it never amounts to much.

If you are an aspiring filmmaker and need an idea for a ninety minute film I think I may have your solution; write a script for a romantic comedy. Think about it, the first thing you do isn't the thing your going to wind up sticking with. Kevin Bacon started with horror films and now he's a household name. Even Peter Jackson. What you want to do is get a pretty straightforward storyline for a romantic comedy made and expand it into roughly an eighty to one hundred minute film.Comedy is a risky environment, if there aren't big names, people won't pay. Even if it's bashed, you'll make money, but you need respectable comedy names. Horror is a bad market to get in now because everything is CGI and remakes. It's another genre I'd shy away from. Write a script for a romantic comedy, get some middle of the road stars to be in it, and boom. It doesn't cost too much to make a romantic comedy either. That is my advice for you.I bring this up because Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! sounds like a film that could've been made by almost anyone. There is always a market for romantic comedies because there is always a girlfriend in need of a chick flick and time with her boyfriend. It's a win win. Even the most cliché romance movies get a fair rating from critics and audience members. It doesn't have to be Notebook worthy. If it makes them laugh, tear, and care, chances are, they'll eat it up.Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! is about a regular girl named Rosalee (Bosworth) who gets the once in a lifetime chance to go on a date with her favorite movie star hunk Tad Hamilton (Duhamel). What she doesn't know, aside from his stunning, romantic comedy appearances, Tad is just a burnout Hollywood wreck. Tad winds up falling in love with Rosalee, and wants the two to live together. Rosalee's best guy friend Pete (Grace) is extremely jealous and in shock Rosalee would fall in love this guy. This causes a whole new subplot for the film.The movie is stuck in the awkward hybrid section of "regular ol' rom com" and "on the edge of daring rom com." Even though I am usually an easy sell with romantic comedies, I didn't care too much for the characters in the film. Even Topher Grace who I am known to love. Rosalee's simply minded, quick decision making character isn't how I would like a protagonist to be and Tad's character just is an unlikable schmuck.I did however enjoy some scenes in the film, most of all the farm scene where Pete and Tad are trying to chop logs. Pete tries to show off to the girls with his bird-chest, but once that shirt comes off of Tad, Pete might as well get lost. The scene was very accurate on how girls act around a muscular guy and a wimpy guy. It hit the target.Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! has some nice little perks to it like Topher Grace, an interesting soundtrack, and some small other plot perks, but overall it's one of those films that really used up a ton of it's budget on actors when it could've done so much more and went a lot deeper. I didn't hate it, I didn't care too much for it.Starring: Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel, Topher Grace, Nathan Lane, Sean Hayes, and Gary Cole. Directed by: Robert Luketic.

The premise of this movie had potential to be a decent fun and girlie comedy. However, the poor lead casting, and subsequent poor acting left the movie lacking. The film is shot in a bright and quirky way - consistent with what the script called for. It's from the same director as Legally Blonde - so imagine that kind of atmosphere. However, performances from Kate Bosworth, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Topher Grace severely hindered the likability and relate-ability of the characters. First, Kate Bosworth, a self proclaimed blue blood, is not convincing at all as a sweet small town girl. Like Goodwin and Grace, Bosworth lacks the charm that no amount of "beauty" can make up for in a character meant to be a moral center. Not to mention the awkward way the cutesy phrases came out - "shake a doo" or "wack a doo", whatever. It was so unnatural from her. And the "awed" expression when meeting Tad - awful. She looked constipated, not surprised. Ginnifer Goodwin overacted her part as zany BFF. She was over the top, which took away from the purpose of the best friend. Her antics did not support the lead, they detracted from them. Finally, Topher Grace - Yes, he fit the "nerd" description, and the fast witted kind of speech pattern, but again, no charm. Instead, Grace came off as a jerk, simply sabotaging his best friend's relationship. Even the turning point where he "just wants her to be happy", even if it is with Tad, isn't believable - it's selfish because of the pride behind it - not to mention the self pitying tone.Pros? There are some - like the flawlessness of Gary Cole, Kathryn Hahn, Nathan Lane and Sean Hayes. And Josh Duhamel is pretty convincing as a self centered, slightly stupid, but still surprising kind of mainstream and lacking substance actor. But more importantly - he makes his character LIKABLE. And he's not the one you should want "Rosalee" to end up with, but he is.This movie would have been infinitely better with someone like Kristen Bell or Elisha Cuthbert as Rosalee, Mila Kunis or Christina Ricci as BFF Cathy, and someone like - Jake Gyllenhaal or Jonathan Jackson as Pete. All in all, I want the $5 it cost me to give this movie a chance, but I can live the hour and a half it took from my life, though I'm not thrilled.