WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON FULL HOW TO
WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON FULL MOVIE

WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON FULL HOW TO

We don't even want DavePete to get farmed off to Cathy, or to Angelica, the blowzy barmaid with an unaccountable fixation on him, played by expert comedienne-in-training Kathryn Hahn ( How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days). But almost everyone can manage to seem worthy of Kate Bosworth, who is a sweet-seeming actress without much spark. Not everyone can manage what Jimmy Stewart does in The Philadelphia Story (maybe no one can), playing second fiddle to Cary Effin' Grant for two hours and still emerging as a unique and attention-drawing guy.

Even when Tad performs the compulsory Betrayal Of Rosalee's Trust, he's a good apologizer, and we still prefer him to that crank BLANK (I'm pretty sure it was Pete). Moreover, Grace isn't a confident enough character and Kate Bosworth isn't a resourceful enough actor to withstand the film's lopsided focus on Duhamel.

WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON FULL MOVIE

He and his movie forget to ever make BLANK (Dan? Dave? Peter?) remotely likable he is such a wisecrack machine that he quickly passes from threatened lover to arrested adolescent, earning our contempt instead of our rooting interest. He's getting a little ahead of himself with the whole lovable-crank thing, though. Spoofing himself in the ace opening of Ocean's Eleven. Topher Grace is a clever and likable young actor, taking the piss out of prep-school privilege in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic and even So he makes lots of sarcastic cracks about Tad (Josh, certified by 9/10 critics as a fresh tomato!), about Rosalee, about women, about Hollywood, all to show everyone that he's above it all, which of course just shows them (and us) that he's feeling outdone, outbodied, and outshone by Tad (Duhamel, whose legs, you'll note, look good in and out of his jeans).Īnd BLANK is quite right to be worried, because it's a horribly written part. Oh, Rosalee's friend/boss/buttoned-up admirer BLANK, played by Topher Grace, is against the whole mystery-date idea, because he's got a sorta-kinda-secret thing for Rosalee. And all the proceeds from the contest were going to charity, which was supposed to polish the PR-image of Tad Hamilton (played by All My Children's sculpted and boyish Josh Duhamel!) after this budding ingenue spent some overly rambunctious night

I know there was a kind of application or money-raising thing associated with how she 'won' the contest, because she and her requisite 'kooky friend' Cathy (Ginnifer Goodwin) were taking donations at the SavMart, or wherever they worked. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, aside from existing as a Duhamel Distributionĭevice and as a way-station for director Robert Luketic ( Legally Blonde) between better-scripted puff pieces, is also, ostensibly, the story of one Rosalee Futch (Kate Bosworth), an apple-cheeked retail slave from West Virginia who scores an anonymous date with her favorite dreamboat celebrity (Josh Duhamel!) through some kind of contest, where she. I would especially like to keep him around if he doesn't work with any of the same people ever again, and in fact, most of them would get detention if it were up to me. It's almost impossible to judge an actor's ability when the whole movie is being served to him, but Duhamel survives his big test: we'd like to keep him around. Movie's enrapturement with him, like Matthew McConaughey did in A Time to Kill. Duhamel doesn't let himself get stuck in the rut of his But it's spry and comfy light-comic work. It's not a mile-marker performance you will, assuredly, forget where you were the first time you saw Josh Duhamel on screen. Josh and Tad can convey enthusiasm, concern, curiosity, good Smile, sloping down his still more generous biceps and pecs, circling around key scenes where Duhamel shows he's not just a pretty facenor is he playing someone who is simply that. Not just the title but almost every shot and sequence is in thrall to Duhamel, flashing his generous The movie, in turn, has a great time letting Duhamel play him. Josh Duhamel has a great time playing mythical Hollywood superstud Tad Hamilton. Photo © 2004 DreamWorks SKG/Red Wagon Entertainment Like previous year's Down with Love, an instance of camp-inflected color and tone in service of cutesy straight romance. Screenplay: Victor Levin.įull of bright color and usually amiable actors, though few of them get to shine. Cast: Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel, Topher Grace, Nathan Lane, Sean Hayes, Ginnifer Goodwin, Gary Cole, Kathryn Hahn. : Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!įirst screened and reviewed in April 2004ĭirector: Robert Luketic.

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