Rating:  -
When I first saw this movie advertised I thought it really looked stupid. I saw in on cable and it turned out to be a really hilarious movie. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because it's not what I consider a 'classic, must-have, can't live without, gotta have it in my DVD collection" movie. Topher has wonderful comedic timing and given enough rope, will lasso himself a very large comedy future. He absolutely made the movie. The actress who plays Kate's friend, Ginnifer Goodwin - my husband and I thought her expressions and mannerisms were overwhelmingly subtle yet unmistakably hilarious. It's a feel-good movie you should at least see once and give it a chance to grow on you. I've seen it 5 or six times and still laugh!
Rating:  -
I have never seen a movie promoted so much! Every other commercial was about this movie. It was going to be the blockbuster of the summer. Then why did it not even make half of what it cost? Because both guys are too amazing! This movie is hilarious, no question about it, Topher Grace is the next great thing in comedy. But Josh is great too! The problem with this movie is that you don't know who to root for! You want both guys to win and don't want either guy to lose! If only they had made "Tad" a little more dislikable we could have been satisfied at the end. The only thoughts running through my head at the end were..."Aww...how sweet..but wait! What about Tad?! He deserves a happy ending too." So this movie definatly has it's high points, but it's just not that satisfying.
Rating: -
I saw WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON! in theatres twice - I liked it that much. I also bought it on the first day it came out, and I watch it every so often. Anyway.
WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON! is a cute story about a small-town girl (Kate Bosworth), who is pretty much in love with actor Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel). One day when she's at work at the Piggly Wiggly (with her two best friends Pete - Topher Grace - and Kathy - Ginnifer Goodwin), she sees an ad for this charity thing...and you can win a date with Tad Hamilton.
Obviously Rosalee (Bosworth) enters - and wins - the contest. She flies out to California to meet up with and date Tad, and they end up having a great time. They have such a great time that he actually flies out to Fraser's Bottom to see her. As Rosalee and Tad get more serious, Pete freaks out. The ending's pretty predictable, but its still great.
I'd have to say that the best things about WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON! are the performances by Topher Grade (he plays Pete) and Sean Hayes (who plays Richard Levy...one of Tad's managers). They both have very good comedic parts, and without them the movie wouldn't be as good. I recommend this if you liked How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days or 10 Things I Hate About You.
Overall grade - B
Rating:  -
Tad Hamilton is idolized by a cashier, Rosalee, of a small town grocery store (Kate Bosworth). She ends up winning a contest to be flown to Cali to have dinner with Tad (Josh Duhamel). Her store's manager and good friend Pete (Topher Grace), is in love with her but can't get the guts to tell her.
Rosalee goes to Cali and Tad ends up falling for her. One thing leads to another, and soon Tad goes to her town to get her.
Pretty predictable ending, as with most romance movies, but it's entertaining and Bosworth is fun to watch.
The jewel of this movie is Topher Grace. I have never seen him outside of "That 70s Show" and his acting surprised me.
I recommend this movie for 2nd or 3rd dates, or for married couples to enjoy a good laugh together.
Rating: -
Do most of the characters lack depth? Yes. Is the plot line predictable? Yes. Is the storyline unrealistic? Yes. Do the sincere character portrayals make the movie? YES.
This is not a perfect film by any means, and if anyone besides a very polished, very charming, very next-door-normal Topher Grace were in Pete's role, I would probably pitch it into the abyss with the rest of the abysmally-written box office traps that are chick flicks. To its credit, though, this film uses a cliched plotline to convey some really adorable characters and a few very simple, innocent human truths.
"Win a Date"'s humor has to be perceived in the trivialities of Topher's facial expressions and dialogue; look closely, and it's hysterical. The log-splitting scene has to be one of the funniest and most charming big-strong-he-man-competing-for-the-girl scenes I've watched. Topher is also capable of such depth of expression that the viewer is truly able to trust his character and believe his role, and that, I believe, makes the movie.
Secondly, while this movie is unrealistic, I think the reason it's so enchanted me is that it's what we all wish our love stories could be. While I always sneer at the illicit flings that magically transform into "true love" in other chick flicks, there's something about Pete and Rosalee's long, but undiscovered "romance" that really attracts me. It's not romance in the traditional, mainstream sense--it's more wholesome than that.
And in the end, I think it's the wholesomeness that gets me. No, it's not the way things are. But it's the way things should be.
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