So we have an interesting topic today, which is...
A MOVIE THAT IS MY GUILTY PLEASURE
This movie has to be Win A Date with Tad Hamilton. It's okay to like some romantic comedies (aka rom-coms, aka chick flicks), but sometimes there are movies that just cross the line. I would argue that Win A Date With Tad Hamilton isn't one of them, but someone I know did say that she was ashamed that I liked this movie. My case for this movie is that the characters are just so lovely. Sure Topher Grace's character Peter isn't exactly the leading man you would expect, especially compared to Josh Duhamel's Tad Hamilton, but Topher Grace adds a different spin on the leading man. He's handsome, but not a heartthrob. He's the friend that was always passed up. He has been in love with the main girl for, like, forever. There are so many cliches that describe his character, but he makes those cliches essentially moot. He does small gestures to show that he cares. He had the beautiful (albeit set in a bathroom) scene where he describes everything that someone who truly knew and loved Rosalee Futch (the love interest played by the cute Kate Bosworth) would actually know. I loved the speech about her six smiles. Kate Bosworth was homely and cute as Rosalee and of course you had Josh Duhamel who broke hearts as the incredibly handsome Tad Hamilton. There were great supporting turns too from Nathan Lane and Sean Hayes as the agent and manager of Tad Hamilton and Ginnifer Goodwin (who is really, really good at romantic comedies) as Cathy, the quintessential best friend of Rosalee. The best supporting role has to go to Kathryn Hahn as the bartender Angelica, who taught us about love, big love, and great love (which changes a man). It is a beautiful and sweet movie (maybe a little too saccharine for some people's likings), and a pleasure I shouldn't be guilty for having.
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