Rotten
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.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
In every love story, there's only room for one leading man.
2004 · 1h 35m · PG-13
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Robert Luketic
Overview
A small-town girl wins a date with a Hollywood star through a contest. When the date goes better than expected, a love triangle forms between the girl, the celebrity, and the girl's best friend.
Director and cast
- Robert Luketic Director
- Josh Duhamel as Tad Hamilton
- Kate Bosworth as Rosalee Futch
- Topher Grace as Pete Monash
- Nathan Lane as Richard Levy the Driven
- Sean Hayes as Richard Levy the Shameless
- Gary Cole as Henry Futch
- Kathryn Hahn as Angelica
- Ginnifer Goodwin as Cathy Feely
- Amy Smart as Nurse Betty
- Stephen Tobolowsky as George Ruddy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
55%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It 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.
David Edelstein, Slate
Rotten
Suffers from a lack of conviction.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Fresh
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.
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post
Rotten
There is no reason on God's good Earth to see this movie.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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