Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! | Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel

Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! | Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel | frothy and delightful fun

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	Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel Dreamworks Video, 2004 average customer review:based on 99 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Topher Grace

This movie was a great "chick flick", but Topher Grace made it very enjoyable for anyone who really looks for good acting as well. In other words, he didn't only pull off the lovesick Lloyd Dobbler-type, but he has great comic timing! He is very interesting to watch, and keeps the movie going at a good pace.

frothy and delightful fun

This romantic comedy may be predictable, but it's also utterly charming, cleverly written, and wonderfully acted. All the young actors in the cast are terrific, and helped by the good script, are always believable; there are no lame lapses of dialogue that come off as insincere.
Kate Bosworth (seen recently as Sandra Dee in "Beyond the Sea"), is beautiful and sweet as Rosalee, a cashier at the Piggly Wiggly supermarket, who wins a date with movie star Tad Hamilton; Tad's hilarious management team (Nathan Lane as Richard Levy the Driven, and Sean Hayes as Richard Levy the Shameless), in order to rehabilitate their client's shoddy image invent a "charity date" scheme, never thinking that Tad will actually fall for the girl, which he does, creating a love triangle with Piggly Wiggly's store manager, who is madly but secretly in love with Rosalee.

Topher Grace shines as Pete the supermarket manager, as he tries to compete with the smile and abs of movie hunk Tad (perfectly played by Josh Duhamel). His comedic timing is marvelous, and he has a "lovability factor" that reminds me of John Cusack's Lloyd Dobler in that other romantic gem, "Say Anything".
Also good in the cast is the very funny Ginnifer Goodwin as Rosalee's best friend, and Kathryn Hahn as Angelica the Bartender.

The above average script was written by Victor Levin, Robert Luketic did the well paced direction, and it has a pleasant (meaning nothing overtly annoyed me) contemporary soundtrack with songs like Liz Phair's "Why Can't I ?" and John Mayer's "Back to You". There are scenes that have laugh-out-loud humor, and a lovely sappy ending that will bring tears to the eyes of those with sentimental hearts.
Total running time is 95 minutes.

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Will Tad end up whisking Rosalee off to a glamorous new life in Hollywood, or will Pete, the Mr. hometown tongue-tied nice guy fight for his true love? There are other questions...but that's the central one...and raison d'etre of this effectively pleasant and charming classic date-movie.

This movie is really good, though a little vague in some parts. But thanks to the talents of three up-and-coming stars, perfect comic timing from the supporting actors, and a director like Robert Luketic of "Legally Blonde" fame, who reputedly (and wisely) turned down directing the sequel. This film should appeal to the pre-dating teens and middle aged romantics.

The movie sounds like from "Cinderella" though....with the fairy godmother being played by the internet ("Sure, Heaven's just a mouse click away"). Rosalee (Kate Bosworth), a grocery store checkout girl wins a trip to Hollywood, engineered by Tad's (Josh Duhamel) cynical agent (Nathan Lane) and sleezy manager (Sean Hayes who are both named Richard Levy). They set up a charity contest in order to create a more wholesome image for Tad, a hot young actor, when he lands in the tabloids after a wild night of carousing. ("Congratulations! You're actually drinking, driving, smoking, leering, and groping at the same time!") But how long has it been since a bad-boy image hurt anyone's career in Hollywood?

However, to the filmmakers' credit, they didn't portray Tad as a real-live Hollywood snake. He starts out essentially harmless, so we can believe that he's really a decent guy who is actually wishing for some honesty and integrity. We can then understand how he would, in turn, be pulled by Rosalee's unpretentious goodness.

After their first date, Tad flies in his private jet to Rosalee's hometown in West Virginia. He intends to profess his love and at the same time hang out with her so her wholesome goodness would sort of rub up on him. He unwittingly awakens Rosalee's longtime best friend Pete's (Topher Grace) dormant feelings for her, therefore putting Rosalee in the middle of an unexpected romantic triad. Who will she pick? The life-long best friend, or the guy whose face decorates the walls of millions of girls' bedrooms?

The romantic triangle however, was pleasantly almost overshadowed by the smaller roles who almost stole the movie. They include Ginnifer Goodwin as Rosalee's best gal pal, who makes lumpy wisecracks throughout; Kathryn Hahn as the tattooed bartender at the town tavern, who makes no secret of her crush on Pete; and Gary Cole as Rosalee's dad, one of the funniest supporting characters who becomes so film-obsessed after his daughter begins dating a movie star that he reads trade publications and sports a "Project Greenlight" T-shirt! And, of course, Lane and Hayes antics are always pleasantly funny.

The vagueness comes in the form of Tad's change of heart later. Was it just another play to score with an innocent girl? Similarly, what has prevented Pete from expressing his love for Rosalee after all these years? Pete has known Rosalee for twenty-some years and has never worked up the nerve even to kiss her? Even 11 year olds will shake their heads and wonder what's wrong with Pete?

The movie has a positive message about sexual values, as Rosalee's decision not to have sex with Tad...with the help of timely reminders from Pete ("Just guard your carnal treasure."), who in turn got the film's funniest moments. He voiced out the sarcastic cynicism of a romantic looser as Tad sweeps Rosalee off her feet. The movie raises questions why typically ordinary girls like Rosalee and Cathy would think it is easy to know a celebrity like Tad?..and why was it so difficult for Pete to tell Rosalie how he felt?

The movie is romantic fluff, but highly entertaining and irresistibly cute.

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