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.
There is no reason on God's good Earth to see this movie.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
23 Jan 2004
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,
23 Jan 2004
rotten:
Suffers from a lack of conviction.
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Salon.com,
24 Jan 2004
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,
27 Jan 2004
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.