Too much of everything

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

I love Topher Grace, so it doesn't matter what he does, but the movie is not so bad too, it's not a total waste of time, and I am not being sarcastic. I was kinda enjoy it. but to be fair I do have to skip some parts cuz it's just boring, or too cliché. but for the most part it was funny and interesting enough.

I hate chick flick genre. or, maybe, I do not understand it. but "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton !" could be an exception. for a nice use of clichés. for a story who reminds, in not bad manner, the dream of a lot of children to meet theirs hero. and for the humor. a sweet love story who has the right cast. this could be the explanation for my indulgence about a film who propose a story not so awful, chances for actors to give a nice show and few slices of clichés who are inspired used. and this is all.

I did not like the movie. I was looking for something to make me laugh and be also sweet but I did not find anything funny. I did not like Rosalee cause she seemed very superficial and I think she should have been more interesting and captivating to catch the attention of a guy like Ted. I think that Rosalee and Cathy were behaving in a way that just girls under 14 years old girls could. I did not like that she liked Ted because he was a movie star and not for the way he was. I did not like that the scriptwriter made Ted look bad cause he did not love Rosalee's details while Pete knew them after knowing her from 22 years while Ted only knew her for a couple of days. I did not like Pete, and I did not like Rosalee, the way that the scriptwriter developed their characters while Ted was really sweet and way more sensitive than Pete and if she would have chosen him I would have probably like this movie more. When you make two characters that the main character have to chose between, the one that loses should not be so lovely.

The premise of this movie had potential to be a decent fun and girlie comedy. However, the poor lead casting, and subsequent poor acting left the movie lacking. The film is shot in a bright and quirky way - consistent with what the script called for. It's from the same director as Legally Blonde - so imagine that kind of atmosphere. However, performances from Kate Bosworth, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Topher Grace severely hindered the likability and relate-ability of the characters. First, Kate Bosworth, a self proclaimed blue blood, is not convincing at all as a sweet small town girl. Like Goodwin and Grace, Bosworth lacks the charm that no amount of "beauty" can make up for in a character meant to be a moral center. Not to mention the awkward way the cutesy phrases came out - "shake a doo" or "wack a doo", whatever. It was so unnatural from her. And the "awed" expression when meeting Tad - awful. She looked constipated, not surprised. Ginnifer Goodwin overacted her part as zany BFF. She was over the top, which took away from the purpose of the best friend. Her antics did not support the lead, they detracted from them. Finally, Topher Grace - Yes, he fit the "nerd" description, and the fast witted kind of speech pattern, but again, no charm. Instead, Grace came off as a jerk, simply sabotaging his best friend's relationship. Even the turning point where he "just wants her to be happy", even if it is with Tad, isn't believable - it's selfish because of the pride behind it - not to mention the self pitying tone.Pros? There are some - like the flawlessness of Gary Cole, Kathryn Hahn, Nathan Lane and Sean Hayes. And Josh Duhamel is pretty convincing as a self centered, slightly stupid, but still surprising kind of mainstream and lacking substance actor. But more importantly - he makes his character LIKABLE. And he's not the one you should want "Rosalee" to end up with, but he is.This movie would have been infinitely better with someone like Kristen Bell or Elisha Cuthbert as Rosalee, Mila Kunis or Christina Ricci as BFF Cathy, and someone like - Jake Gyllenhaal or Jonathan Jackson as Pete. All in all, I want the $5 it cost me to give this movie a chance, but I can live the hour and a half it took from my life, though I'm not thrilled.