| Show 1 Win A Date With Tad Hamilton Surprisingly Fun Allen Johnson Staff Writer Staff Writer Ive I've been to enough movies that I can tell by the previews how good it will willbe willbe be and Im I'm usually about 95 right Win a Date With Tad Hamilton fell into that other 5 I grudgingly attended this movie ready to blast it to pieces but instead found it to be a romantic comedy two words usually synonymous with absolute rubbish that I actually kinds kind enjoyed For all the silliness schmaltz and predictability that this movie displayed there was enough fun and andreal andreal andreal real life applicability to keep me entertained Kate ate Bos Bosworth worth Blue Crush ugh shudder shudder shudder shudder der stars as Rosalee Futch a pretty semi-ditz semi who works as a cashier at a Wiggly in a small West Virginia town Her manager at the store and lifetime best friend is Pete Monash played by That Show star Grace Playing the Hollywood it its man of all the ladies affections Tad Hamilton is Josh Duhamel Kate Bosworth comes across as a a little immature for fora a girl o of 22 even if she does live five in a na naive ve smalltown small smalltown smalltown town world It does however er seem to go 80 with the character character character char char- acter- acter if a little over the top Her grin perma-grin giggly personality personality personality per per- seems to be too contrived but eventually becomes slightly endearing endearing endearing endear endear- ing- ing at least she remains consistent Grace as Pete is the exact same character and personality as his portrayal portrayal portrayal por por- of Eric Foreman on That Show If you like him in that show you will like him in this one The character works perfectly though He is by far the most entertaining of the actors on screen and displays displays displays dis dis- dis- dis plays some great comedic timing This isn't a stretch for him but he does his role well Josh Duhamel portrays the Hollywood pretty boy boyas as very cliche but not out of range for this film His character is the shallow chiseled body magazine cover boy all us normal guys love to hate hate hate-a a good choice for this role With many many echoes of Bye Bye Birdie the plot is simple simple simple sim sim- enough Tad Hamilton onscreen portrays a sensitive sensitive sensitive tive caring lov lover r all the women in III the nation swoon over Combine the sensitivity ity and caring factor of Tom Hanks anks with the body of Brad Pitt and you get the idea As a publicity stunt to jump start his teetering career he sponsors a Win WinA A Date With Tad Hamilton contest on behalf of a Save the Children charity Back in small town West Virginia Rosalee enters the contest as any silly movie star idolizing girl fan would Her lifetime friend Pete who obviously has feelings for her but somehow somehow somehow some some- how she is oblivious to it shakes his head and teases her about her obsession Then surprise surprise she wins the contest and is whisked out to LA for the date There she awkwardly meets her fantasy guy and spends an evening with him n Tr u out on the town During the course of the night Tad begins to see something in her and starts to develop affections for the pretty country girl The date ends with Tad very affected by her as Rosalee returns home Only to her surprise and Petes Pete's dismay Tad follows follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows her What then ensues is a abutting abutting abutting butting of heads for the favor of Rosalee between the goofy but true hearted best friend and the picture perfect fantasy boy Yeah its it's predictable but there is enough humor and quirky supporting characters to keep it fresh and interest interest- ing While this film is not anything deep or intellectual al it is a good example of how films can be light and silly but still be done well The fact that it is so predictable predictable predictable pre pre- pre pre- and the characters are very formulaic keep it from being a really good film but its it's not so bad to tobe tobe tobe be a waste of time and money A decent 10 1 0 for I Win a Date With Tad Hamilton J S.- S. f yd It 1 I S j 2 o oen oN r Js Y 1 S Nv N cs en d enE E v t E 1 E rt fi i J l' l li i A 1 1 U o 3 c rt j e E Een en enen en i 4 eno o 2 e ic I a 2 r rJ s E r o I o c p. p J Pete Monash Grace fights Tad Hamilton Josh Duhamel for the love of his best friend Rosalee Futch Kate Bosworth in the middle of the Wiggly I |
