To me, this movie is perfection.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

A different way of telling a story

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

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.

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.

When choose to watch a romantic comedy, there almost a certainty that you will get a steady dosage of the same cliché jokes and predictable plot twists. While Win a Date with Tad Hamilton fits that mold, it nevertheless puts a smile on the face of those who watch it.Kate Bosworth plays the adorable Rosalee Futch, a small town girl that works in a grocery store with her two best friends, and lots of dreams. Bosworth excels at playing this innocent and pure Rosalee, who's character is real life version of a princess from a fairy tale. Her prince, to stick with the allusion, is Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhmael) a bad boy actor with whom she wins a date during a contest. All of this happens to the dismay of her best friend Pete, who is secretly in love with her. What unfolds are Pete's humorous and hopeless attempts to win the heart of his beloved Rosalee, before he loses her forever. The characters of this movie make it a win.

Where do I get in line for that movie? Cause I'm bewildered about this dud. Who on earth was it made for? Girls, who don't want to end up with their best platonic male friend? Or guys, who don't want to see their pathetic situation depicted in a lousy chick flick? Kate Bosworth takes a step-down from Blue Crush (!) where she at least had to feign competence at something. Here her underwritten part doesn't give her two brain cells to rub together. She's given nothing to play with or develop, except conventions, which the movie (also) relies on way too much.Despite being a media hound (She has to be to follow Tad Hamilton) her character is a smalltown, corn-pone drip, just this side of the Beverly Hillbillies. She's unaware of wealth, players, real estate, the game... etc. What girl (with looks) passes up an express ticket into the center of the Hollywood machine to stay in Hooterville and hold sweaty hands with some guy? Topher Grace plays the putz, who desires Bosworth although he, and the entire audience have concluded she's an irritating dunce.The world could bear a funny, smart movie called "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton" but this movie has no energy, no charm, no hook, no look, no humor, no angle, no viewpoint, and not a shred of savviness. It's like a time tunnel transporting you back to 20 or 30 lookalike, half-hearted romances from the 80s.