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.

A chick flick romantic comedy although the laughs are mainly provided by Sean Hayes and Nathan Lane.Tad Hamilton is an actor known for wholesome roles but when he is caught drinking and driving, leering with a floozy, his agents decide to get him some positive publicity by raising money for charity via a lottery. The lucky winner getting a date with him.Kate Bosworth plays the likable blonde from a small town who adores him and wins the date. For some reason even though the film is set in the modern day, she and her best friend thinks Tad is wholesome just like his film persona. Such lack of cynicism.Topher Grace plays Bosworth's friend who has always yearned for her but has been afraid to tell her. Tad has a good time in LA with Bosworth and follows her down to their small town, making Grace jealous.This is light, inoffensive, frothy film but with little substance. All the leads are likable enough, even Josh Duhamel gives Tad some likability and sincerity but it never amounts to much.

As my readers know, I like romantic comedies, but I have also lambasted my fair share of them as well. "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!" is certainly not good but it has its moments.Starting with its negative points. This has to be one of the worst, most over-done, tiresome story lines ever. Small-town girl meets big movie star, he falls in love with her charms, but can she fit in to his world? Usually the answer is I don't care. And this time I certainly was not excited to see how they get to the inevitable ending, but its cuteness kept me watching none-the-less.Casting is a double-edged sword, and here they played both sides of it. Fairly out-of-the-box casting ideas is what drew me in. Topher Grace as Pete is handsome, adorable, and you can feel his pain when he can't get Rosalee to notice him. Josh Duhamel as Tad Hamilton is in all ways the big, hot-shot, drop-dead-gorgeous movie star. And finally, Kate Bosworth as Rosalee is the girl-next-door, sweet, innocent, down-to-earth and every other endearing synonym you can come up with. They are all humble enough that it works. And then they added the flamboyant Sean Hayes and Nathan Lane for their inevitable laughs. The interesting issue I had was that the main actors were all 30-ish (Bosworth was slightly younger) and they were all older than their teen and pre-teen audience. I would have thought that younger actors would draw more for their target audience."Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!" is not all that good, but as a fan of Topher Grace, I found myself almost liking it.

One thing that makes this movie different than all the others of this genre is the fact that it does not have a negative character and even the stereotype, movie star Ted Hamilton's character is driven by morally and ethically righteous motives. So the main plot of this movie (as unbelievable as it may sound) revolves around the characters struggle with their self and they strive to overcome their own boundaries and limitations. As I said in the beginning there is no bad guy in this movie. Everybody does the right and noble thing at their given time. Now all this philosophy aside, this is a nice easy going movie with overly idealized moral values, which is kind of rare now a days and makes it quite refreshing and unexpected.