Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Tss5078 I'm not one for romantic comedies, but I was a huge fan of That 70s show, and wanted to see if Topher Grace's movie roles were really worth leaving the show for, and needless to say, I was unimpressed. The film centers around three friends working in the grocery store of a small town. They are big movie fans and the girls love Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel), the hottest new star in Hollywood. Hamilton has the looks, but his reputation isn't so good. To fix this, his people come up with the idea of a contest, where the winner get a date with Hamilton and hence the name of the film. Josh Duhamel stars and really shouldn't do comedy. He may have been terrific in the show Las Vegas, but he just isn't believable in a comedic role. As for Topher Grace, he plays this whiny, love struck, jealous friend of Kate Bosworth, and he wasn't really that funny either. Win A Date With Tad Hamilton seemed like someones attempt at making a Woody Allen film and ultimately they failed. This film just tries too hard and gets to a point where it isn't funny. It lacks all the subtle, intelligent humor of a Woody Allen film, not to mention the plot is kind of cheesy. There is a lot to look at in this movie for both men and women, but beyond that, it's really not worth your time.

SnoopyStyle Rosalee Futch (Kate Bosworth), Pete Monash (Topher Grace), and Cathy Feely (Ginnifer Goodwin) are best friends and co-workers at the local Piggly Wiggly. Pete secretly pines for Rosalee, and Cathy's the ugly best friend. Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel) is a big movie star with a shallow life. To rehab his image, they create a contest to win a date with Tad Hamilton.Kate Bosworth is way too hot at the start. They've got to ugly her up and do a big makeover when she gets to Hollywood. And the truth is the dates with Tad Hamilton aren't the most compelling watch. Bosworth and Duhamel are really really pretty people. They are fine actors but they're completely overshadowed by the much more funny Topher Grace. The movie shines with Topher. The best scene comes when Toper and Duhamel have a shirt off. He's the only truly funny thing about this movie. Sean Hayes and Nathan Lane are annoying little cartoons as Tad Hamilton's people. Ginnifer Goodwin does a few funny lines but she doesn't have enough to do. They need to cut short the dates, and invest the time with the 4 main characters together.

Steve Pulaski 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.

napierslogs As my readers know, I like romantic comedies, but I have also lambasted my fair share of them as well. "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!" is certainly not good but it has its moments.Starting with its negative points. This has to be one of the worst, most over-done, tiresome story lines ever. Small-town girl meets big movie star, he falls in love with her charms, but can she fit in to his world? Usually the answer is I don't care. And this time I certainly was not excited to see how they get to the inevitable ending, but its cuteness kept me watching none-the-less.Casting is a double-edged sword, and here they played both sides of it. Fairly out-of-the-box casting ideas is what drew me in. Topher Grace as Pete is handsome, adorable, and you can feel his pain when he can't get Rosalee to notice him. Josh Duhamel as Tad Hamilton is in all ways the big, hot-shot, drop-dead-gorgeous movie star. And finally, Kate Bosworth as Rosalee is the girl-next-door, sweet, innocent, down-to-earth and every other endearing synonym you can come up with. They are all humble enough that it works. And then they added the flamboyant Sean Hayes and Nathan Lane for their inevitable laughs. The interesting issue I had was that the main actors were all 30-ish (Bosworth was slightly younger) and they were all older than their teen and pre-teen audience. I would have thought that younger actors would draw more for their target audience."Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!" is not all that good, but as a fan of Topher Grace, I found myself almost liking it.