Two things took me off guard about this movie: the script, which has a lot of hidden surprises, and the acting, which was excellent. But not without a few mishaps along the way. But it is Pete who loves her, and Pete who has known her since birth – so Pete it must be. He also knows how to milk a cow and chop wood, which makes us wonder if he isn’t a better candidate than Pete for Rosalie. Instead of the usual bad boy-in-disguise, Tad is sincere in his feelings for Rosalie. To his credit, Luketic has given the old plot a new twist. But it works its charms on Tad, encouraging him to change his ways. And certainly, Rosalie’s demure naïveté, though charming, seems all too rare in the Britney-worshipping culture we now live in. The opening sequence, with its World War II film, hints that we are being thrown back in time. “Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!” has the feel of a movie from yesteryear, and if Rosalie had suddenly transformed into Doris Day, I wouldn’t have been at all surprised. How can he ever win Rosalie back, especially since Tad is far nicer than anyone imagined? So he flies off to West Virginia after their dinner date, where he buys a farm and asks if they can be “just friends.” Soon, the two are in love – and Pete is in despair. When Tad meets Rosalie (“You’re…pretty,” he sputters), he realizes she has true “goodness,” which he desperately needs. ![]() So he warns her to “guard her carnal treasure” as she flies off to Tinseltown, where dogs ride in car seats and kids are walked on leashes – oddities that director Robert Luketic (“Legally Blonde”) uses to poke fun of Los Angeles. When Rosalie wins a date with hunky movie star Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel, of TV’s “Las Vegas”), in a contest designed to improve Tad’s image, only one person is dismayed – her manager, Pete (Topher Grace, of “That 70s Show”), who is secretly in love with Rosalie. non-flavored potato chips with her best friend, Grace (Ginnifer Goodwin, “Mona Lisa Smile”). Va., where she spends her days smiling at customers and discussing the merits of flavored vs. Rosalie Futch (Kate Bosworth, “Blue Crush”) works as a grocery clerk in rural, W. Despite all appearance to the contrary, this movie has got a lot going for it. Review: It’s not the sort of film that makes you think “Oscar.” First, there’s the title, “Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!” which sounds an awful lot like a game show. Released in 2004.Rating: PG-13 (for sexual content, some drug references and language)Īctors: Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel, Topher Grace, Gary Cole, Ginnifer Goodwin The result is a surprising triumph of unexpected substance over conventional style. Grace is especially persuasive as an intellectual in constraining circumstances, whose system for maintaining his mind and his dignity collapses when his romantic dreams are threatened. ![]() ![]() Like studio-era classics, this whimsical tale runs on hints and allusions: the tight plot delivers an intimate drama in dialogue-rich confrontations, with the characters’ anachronistic innocence linked to a shrewd, subtly implicit undercurrent of Christian faith. When a relationship develops between them, a local boy who secretly loves her, Pete Monash (Topher Grace)-who is also her boss-must fight for her heart. The setup of this romantic comedy, directed by Robert Luketic, seems to come straight from the nineteen-thirties: a small-town girl named Rosalee Futch (Kate Bosworth), a supermarket cashier, gets a chance to meet her Hollywood idol (Josh Duhamel) when she wins a charity contest concocted to clean up his bad-boy image.
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