With a posse of fresh-faced up-and-comers， Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! has enough appeal and good-natured wit to overcome its inherent flaws and charm the pants off any hopeless romantic. Copyright © Someone once said you should never meet your heroes - well if the result is films like this， then it might be ok every now and then. There are some enjoyable performances though， especially from the rapidly rising Bosworth， but its Nathan Lane and Sean Hayes as Tads agent and manager who steal the show， trading quips and witticisms like a comedic tag team. Reminiscent of John Hughes angst-driven， romantic， 80s teen comedies like Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink， Robert Luketics Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! is a thoroughly delightful， albeit predictable， piece of fluff about a small-town girl who wins a date with--and the heart of--a big-screen idol. The performances in Tad Hamilton could easily have been formulaic but， fortunately， the engaging cast has enough verve and spontaneity to make you care about their characters. Bosworth (Blue Crush) has the harwin a date wWin a Date With Tad Hamiltondest job--to keep Rosalees sugary-sweetness from becoming too nauseating and to prove she isnt just another pretty-but- dumb hick chick. The fetching Duhamel (TVs Las Vegas) plays the two sides to Tad perfectly--the charismatic cad who gets everything he wants and the vulnerable guy whos never really learned how to cope with being in love. Then theres Grace as the adorable Pete--the real boy-next-door with his puppy-dog face and great quips. Its a persona the actor has mastered on his hit TV series That 70s Show， and its easy to see how Petes endearing， if slightly neurotic， personality could win you over. As for the supporting cast， Goodwin (TVs Ed) as Cathy is a breath of fresh air， while veteran character actor Gary Coles turn as Rosalees father， who tries to talk showbiz lingo with Tad， is hilarious. As the Richards， Lane and Hayes are as outrageously over-the-top funny as you expect them to be. Notice: We collect personal information on this site. To learn more about how we use your information， see our Privacy Policy. Too many romcoms these days embrace cynicism as part and parcel of their genre but not this one - and it benefits and suffers in equal measure because of it. Lets face it， weve all swooned over Hollywood idols. For some its Brad Pitts smoldering good looks， other prefer Robert Redfords rugged persona. Well not small town cutie Rosalee Futch (Kate Bosworth). No， for her theres only one Tinseltown hunk worth buying a ticket to see and thats the star of such cinematic classics as The Road To El Dorado， A Man Called Jackson and Acey Deucey - the one， the only Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel). So imagine Rosies excitement when she wins a competition - organised by Tads PR men to clean up hiwin a date with tad hamiltons image - to go on a date with her hero. But when her innocent charm has an unexpected effect on the pampered movie star and he moves to her West Virginian town， things are going to get a little out of hand - especially when it comes to Rosies best friend and boss Pete (Topher Grace)， who happens to be hopelessly in love with her. In the 80s， writer/director John Hughes was the king of the romantic teen comedies that featured a quirky love triangle between the girl， the geek and the hunk. Sure， the plot lines were generally unsurprising--and sometimes downright melodramatic--but the dialogue was zingy and the young talent sparkled. Director Robert Luketics Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! takes audiences back to those glory days. Like Hughes， Luketic (Legally Blonde) understands the tempo a film like this requires， with quick cuts and stand-alone comic vignettes. And although Hamiltons script， by television writer Victor Levin， isnt quite Hughes caliber， there are more than a few great lines in Hamilton (He wants your goodness to rub off on him? He wants your ass to rub off on him!)， as well as tender moments， especially when the dejected Pete asks Tad if he ever noticed Rosalee has six different smiles. A little romantic tale like Hamilton wont win any prizes， but it is an endearing， smile-inducing film. The film possesses a clean-living sweetness as Pete urges Rosie to guard her "carnal treasure" before jetting off to LA for her date - but also feels just too all-American. You half expect to find a freshly baked apple pie cooling on every window sill which， at times， offers a nice contrast with LAs city of sin but can get a but syrupy when overdone. Copyright © win a date wWin a Date With Tad Hamilton，Sweet Rosalee Futch (Kate Bosworth) is an ordinary southern girl， living in Fraziers Bottom， West Virginia， working at the Piggly Wiggly with her best friends Cathy (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Pete (Topher Grace)， and dreaming about meeting her all-time favorite movie star， Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel). Not a chance in hell thatll happen， right? Wrong! She gets her wish when she enters a contest and wins the grand prize: an all-expense paid trip to Hollywood to go on a date with Tad， much to Petes chagrin (he is， of course， hopelessly and secretly in love with Rosalee). Tads agent， Richard The Driven Levy (Nathan Lane) and his manager， also named Richard The Shameless Levy (Sean Hayes)， have masterminded the Win a Date contest hoping to transform Tad， a bad boy whos let fame go to his head， back into the popular boy next door. But the Richards are ill prepared for the effect the contest has on their high-profile client. Once Tad spends an evening with Rosalee， he realizes what hes missing in his life and moves to West Virginia to be near her so she can rub some of that goodness off on him. Rosalees dream may come true， but its a huge headache for the Richards and a nightmare for Pete， whod better tell Rosalee how he feels soon or lose her forever. Think hell win out in the end? (Editor：admin) |