Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! (2004)
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 143
Fresh: 75 | Rotten: 68
Formulaic romantic comedy works better than it should thanks to a charming cast.
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 22
Formulaic romantic comedy works better than it should thanks to a charming cast.
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Average Rating: 2.9/5
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Movie Info
Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde) directs the romantic comedy Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! from a screenplay by TV scriptwriter Victor Levin. Famous Hollywood actor Tad Hamilton (soap opera star Josh Duhamel making his film debut) is trying to promote his new movie. His manager (Sean Hayes) and his agent (Nathan Lane) both convince him to participate in a dating contest in order to improve his bad-boy image. The contest is won by Rosalee Futch (Kate Bosworth), an attractive young checkout girl
Cast
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Kate Bosworth
Rosalee Futch -
Topher Grace
Pete -
Josh Duhamel
Tad Hamilton -
Nathan Lane
Tad's Agent Richard Lev... -
Sean Hayes
Tad's Manager The Other... -
Gary Cole
Henry -
Ginnifer Goodwin
Cathy Feely -
Kathryn Hahn
Angelica -
Kathryn Joosten
Mrs. Stemkowski
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The actors, especially Grace, fight hard against a schizoid script (the kids are rubes one sec, hipsters the next) and cotton-candy direction from Robert Luketic.
Top CriticIt must be admitted that the final 10 minutes of Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! are likable: one cliche following another, but with charming restraint. Or it might just have been that the movie's simple-mindedness wore me down.
Suffers from a lack of conviction.
It's hard to care whether it's Tad or Pete who wins Rosalee's heart, and Luketic's direction is merely functional. Yet the film is not a chore, mostly because its leading lady makes the not-quite-plausible Rosalee consistently appealing company.
There is no reason on God's good Earth to see this movie.
Win A Date With Tad Hamilton might be as nauseating as its assumptions of wholesomeness, but for some smart dialogue and acting.
Fluffy, but well-made and irresistibly cute.
Puppy love at its most bearable!
Fails to produce one single convincingly realistic moment.
We might have to use our seat cushions to float on all this goo.
Grace isn't a confident or resourceful enough actor to withstand the film's lopsided focus on Tad, or Duhamel's unexpectedly warm and cheerful presence.
Few people younger than 11 or over 19 will find much to swoon about in this bland picture.
As patently sweet as the trailers and title lead you to believe, and with a cast like this, the audience is the real winner.
Should a film about true love really leave you wanting more Hollywood glitz and less down home charm?
Deeply corny, thoroughly predictable and only barely funny and charming enough to win us over
This breezy no-brainer is the perfect recipe for escapist fun at just the right time, smack in the middle of Oscar season
...a teen movie about a sweet girl-next-door who's actually got a head on her shoulders. But unlike director Luketic, I'm not sure this Cinderella falls for the right fella.
Romantic comedy isn't rocket science, but it's nice to sit through one that makes you laugh, stirs the sentiment, and also leaves you feeling good about all the characters.
There's nothing here that hasn't been seen or done before, but Luketic and his stars' unabashed sweetness and sincerity make for a winning confection.
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! isn't as lame as most January releases, but it's hardly a dream date.
The cast gives it the real heave-ho. Unfortunately, by the time the movie reaches its...conclusion, the whole audience is tempted to forgo the ho and just simply heave.
Bosworth brings real charm to a character that might easily have come off as a simpering ninny.
Duhamel certainly passes as a fox - a fact I only mention because the folks at DreamWorks clearly use his looks as a marketing tool.
Personality and affability can sustain a picture in this genre when story flaws might otherwise sabotage it. Long live Topher Grace and Gary Cole!
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- Rosalee Futch: Do you think it's possible to love someone your whole life and never really realize it until something happens that makes you see?
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I didn't realize Ginnifer Goodwin was in this, so that's another plus, I don't think I knew who she was last time I watched this years ago. Good cast including Topher Grace and Sean Hayes. Just a nice little far fetched story.