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Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!

PG-13

Released Jan 23, 2004

1h 36m

Romance

Comedy

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Pete (Topher Grace), the quirky, self-deprecating manager of a grocery store, is madly in love with his best friend, Rosalee (Kate Bosworth). Unfortunately, she has absolutely no idea. When Rosalee wins a date with her favorite actor, the smarmy Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel), Pete delays admitting his feelings to her. And when the scheming Hamilton relocates to their small town to pursue Rosalee in the wake of their initial meeting, a horrified Pete must struggle to win her heart.

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Critics Consensus

Formulaic romantic comedy works better than it should thanks to a charming cast.

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Richard Brody

New Yorker

A surprising triumph of unexpected substance over conventional style.

May 4, 2020

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Fluffy, but well-made and irresistibly cute.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 29, 2010

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Fails to produce one single convincingly realistic moment.

Rated: D+

May 4, 2005

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Amanda Mazzillo

Film Joy

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! could have been a wonderful homage and pastiche of a bygone era of romance but trying to subvert the tropes through the films ending took away some of its natural charm

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 8, 2022

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Truly, the saving grace here is Topher Grace.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 27, 2020

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

A fluffy confection that's not too heavy, not too light, but instead has a perfectly sweet tone, Win A Date With Tad Hamilton is a perfectly charming way to start the year.

Nov 6, 2019

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Pauline W

Mother of all Trumps little children how could anyone think this was good. Every line, every plot move is so utterly predictable and trite, that it's boring and brain dead. Not a single laugh as the writing is so predictable. Just awful. Avoid and save yourself 90 minutes of drivel.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/22/23

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steve d

Toxic masculinity and asshole "good guys" make this one unwatchable.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Am I supposed to be rooting for the unlikeable manipulative Pete here?

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/28/23

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shelly l

If you love chick flicks and rom coms this a sweet, cute movie. Small town girl falls for a big city movie star and her best friend that has a crush on her suddenly feels threatened and tries to win her back. It's cute but definitely has it's cheesy moments. The manager, agent, and best friend's acting are so over the top in this that it takes the value of the acting down several levels. Her best friend's character is completely unbelievable. Especially when she meets Tad the first time and starts saying really inappropriate things and offers to sleep with him. Who would do that? Overall a cute movie but not believable. With the amazing cast they had, it could have been so much better.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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anna c

Pretty sweet little flick about a fan getting to date her favorite movie star. Topher Grace comes off as a prick most of the movie sadly. Best reason is to watch Kate Bosworth...she is beyond adorable here. This movie was cute but definitely not the best chick-flick I've ever seen. There were parts of it that were really hard to watch because the characters were just being so stupid. Not a movie I would recommend for everybody.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Coming into this I was really expecting tad to be a bad guy ! He actually wasn’t at all . Obviously it’s cheesy but still kinda good . 2.8

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/14/20

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Robert Luketic

Director

Kate Bosworth

Rosalee Futch

Topher Grace

Pete Monash

Josh Duhamel

Tad Hamilton

Nathan Lane

Richard Levy

Sean Hayes

Richard Levy

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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!: Official Clip - Farm Chores

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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!: Official Clip - A Kiss Goodbye

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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!: Official Clip - What's In Your Heart?

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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!: Official Clip - Rosalee's Six Smiles

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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!: Official Clip - It's Roseanne, Right?

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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!: Official Clip - I Love You For Your Details

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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!: Official Clip - First Date Jitters

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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!: Official Clip - He's An Actor

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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!: Official Clip - Tad's Back

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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!: Official Clip - Guard Your Carnal Treasure

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Synopsis

Pete (Topher Grace), the quirky, self-deprecating manager of a grocery store, is madly in love with his best friend, Rosalee (Kate Bosworth). Unfortunately, she has absolutely no idea. When Rosalee wins a date with her favorite actor, the smarmy Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel), Pete delays admitting his feelings to her. And when the scheming Hamilton relocates to their small town to pursue Rosalee in the wake of their initial meeting, a horrified Pete must struggle to win her heart.

Director: Robert Luketic
Producer: William S. Beasley, Gail Lyon
Screenwriter: Victor Levin
Distributor: DreamWorks SKG
Production Co: Red Wagon Productions, The Lot, DreamWorks SKG
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content|Language|Some Drug References)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 23, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.0M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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