A light and fun romantic comedy filled with charming performances from today's biggest star actors Josh Duhamel, Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace and Ginnifer Goodwin.
Rosalee Futch (Kate Bosworth) lives in Frasier's Bottom, West Virginia. She works at the local Piggly Wiggly supermarket with her two best friends, Pete (Topher Grace) and Cathy (Ginnifer Goodwin). She is a big fan of movie star Tad Hamilton's films, and is dreaming of someone like Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel) to sweep her off her feet. Pete, who works as the manager at the Piggly Wiggly really likes Rosalee but doesn't know how to break it to her. Rosalee then enters the "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton" contest and is announced the winner, but we know that it is just a stunt for Tad to regain his good image and win a coveted film role, because of a drinking and driving scandal involving him. Rosalee is very excited to meet her idol but Pete isn't so enthusiastic about the idea, going as far as to warn her about the kind of thoughts that bad boys like Tad have, when meeting girls. Rosalee is completely starstruck once meeting Tad, and their evening goes alright despite some mortifying moments for Rosalee along the way. Nevertheless, she leaves a lasting impression on Tad and he follows her back to Frasier's Bottom. She and her friends are all dumbfounded when Tad appears at the Piggly Wiggly to hang out with Rosalee, with Pete not getting the chance to ask Rosalee about moving with him to Richmond University. Their relationship starts to get serious and Pete keeps trying to convince Rosalee that Tad is not her type and will end up breaking her heart in the end. It all forms into an effervescent love triangle and we are almost convinced that Tad might just be the man for Rosalee... or maybe not.
The formula for this film is just like any other romantic comedy concerning a love triangle. Guy likes girl, girl likes another guy, but in the end they end up together. But I'm sure everyone is up for that even though some might choose Tad over Pete because of his hot looks. The movie overall is not so heavy on emotion but does have a very cute storyline that is probably one of the more heartfelt ones coming from this genre. The performances of all the main characters are absolutely adorable and I really enjoyed Jinnifer Goodwin's performance as Rosie's best friend Cathy. Hilarious! Nathan Lane makes an appearance as Tad's manager and is in fact really effective and funny on his take as a Hollywood fat cat. Topher Grace's performance reminded me of his role in That 70's Show, especially the fact that Pete worked at a Piggly Wiggly as a manager which is similar to his character of Eric Forman working at Pricemart. Contagiously nostalgic!
In the end, the audience is left with some lessons to be learned. Being a movie star isn't at all what it's cracked up to be. You might lose all of that in the blink of an eye if you don't uphold a positive image that everyone looks up to. It's obviously super hard to keep your discretion while being followed around by the paparazzi 24/7. Another moral to this film is that, happiness might be standing right next to you even though you are looking for it somewhere else. And a good tip for young women is that you shouldn't believe all the pretty lies a man spoon feeds you in order for you to stay. Sometimes it can be really hard to let go if you don't follow your gut feeling.
Overall, it's one of the more credible rom-coms I've come around to seeing and I think that girls and young women everywhere will find it heartwarming and uplifting just as well.
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