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DVD NOTES.(Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, Down with Love)(Video Recording Review)
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ROMANCE REVISITED -- In a summer where the romantic comedy has been reenergized thanks to "Wedding Crashers" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," a pair of recent, underappreciated examples of the genre, newly reissued on DVD, deserve another look.
The setup of "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!" (DreamWorks Home Entertainment) seems to come straight from the nineteen-thirties: a small-town girl, Rosalee Futch (Kate Bosworth), gets a chance to meet her Hollywood idol (Josh Duhamel) when she wins a charity contest concocted to clean up his bad-boy image. When something develops between them, the local boy who secretly loves her, Pete Monash (Topher Grace), must fight for her heart. Like the classics of its genre, "Tad Hamilton" runs on hints and allusions, which can elude detection the first time around. Under the tightly plotted narrative is an intimate drama played out in dialogue-rich confrontations, with the characters' anachronistic innocence linked to a shrewd, subtle undercurrent of Christian faith. Grace is especially convincing as an intellectual who has worked out a system for maintaining his mind and his dignity, only to see it collapse when his ...
- Filming Wraps on DreamWorks Pictures' 'Win a Date With Tad Hamilton'.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 24, 2003 700+ words
...LATH079 ) "Win a Date With Tad Hamilton" stars Kate Bosworth ("Blue Crush") and...In "Win a Date With Tad Hamilton," Kate Bosworth stars as Rosalee Futch...meet her big-screen idol Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel). The...
- LIGHTHEARTED "TAD HAMILTON" MAKES FOR A PLEASANT DATE.(DAILY BREAK)(Review)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot January 24, 2004 700+ words
...REVIEW "Win a date with tad hamilton!'' Cast: Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace, Josh Duhamel...pictures Screen heartthrob Tad Hamilton (Josh duhamel) whisks small-town girl Rosalee Futch (kate Bosworth) away on his private jet...
- LATEST FILMS/NEW DVDs: IDOL WISH; WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON (PG).(Features)
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) April 25, 2004 700+ words
...Byline: MARK ADAMS THE STARS: Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace, Josh Duhamel...competition to meet her big screen idol Tad Hamilton (Duhamel), much to the concern...Tad Hamilton. WHAT'S GOOD? Kate Bosworth is so-so cute and so-so sweet...
- `Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!'.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Wuntch, Philip January 22, 2004 700+ words
...Blue Crush's" Kate Bosworth, is the movie's...of "Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!" will fade, but...WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON! Grade: B- Starring Topher Grace, Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel, Nathan...
- Kate Bosworth's readings help her see Sandra Dee's other side.
- Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) January 3, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Jay Boyar When Kate Bosworth doesn't have her nose in a book, she's probably asking...And Bosworth's recent romantic comedy, "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!," has a fairy-tale charm that, allowing for the differences...
- Captivating Kate: Kate Bosworth is take-your-breath-away beautiful and on...
- Magazine article from: Cosmopolitan Goober, Lesley January 1, 2005 700+ words
When you hear the name Kate Bosworth, the image of the sun-kissed surfer chick she played in Blue...Blue Crash, and then crone starring roles in Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! and Wonderland. Unlike many other actresses her age, who...
- WHO'S THE BOS?(Kate Bosworth)(Interview)
- Magazine article from: WWD FitzSimons, Amanda November 20, 2006 700+ words
...Amanda FitzSimons It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Kate Bosworth! The starlet is indeed flying high, having lit up screens...same hometown as Moby, Chlo Sevigny and her Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! co-star, Topher Grace. 10. Wild Card: When she auditioned...
- 'TAD HAMILTON' IS KIND OF A FUN DATE.(RHYTHM)
- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) January 22, 2004 700+ words
...Rosalee Futch (Kate Bosworth) goes moony...dreamboat Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel...DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON! ** 1...Stars: Kate Bosworth, Topher...town girl (Kate Bosworth) in "Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!" The exclamation...
