Total crush on Tad Hamilton

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Movie
German title Total crush on Tad Hamilton
Original title Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2004
length 92 minutes
Age rating FSK o. A.
Rod
Director Robert Luketic
script Victor Levin
production Lucy Fisher
Douglas Wick
music Ed Shearmur
camera Peter Lyons Collister
cut Scott Hill
occupation

Totally in love with Tad Hamilton is an American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic from 2004 .

action

Rosalee Futch and Pete Monash work in a supermarket in a small town in West Virginia . Pete is secretly in love with Rosalee, but he's too shy to reveal his feelings to her.

Rosalee Futch wins a date with movie star Tad Hamilton one day . She meets with him in California and talks to him about values ​​in life. The movie star is very taken with Rosalee and falls in love with her. He follows her to West Virginia, where he buys a farm. Within a very short time, a love relationship develops between the two, which Pete, who actually wanted to finally confess his love to Rosalee, viewed with extreme displeasure. He tries several times unsuccessfully to prevent the two from getting closer. Eventually he gives up and tells Tad that if he breaks Rosalee's heart, he'll tear him to pieces.

Tad gets a new role in a Hollywood movie and wants Rosalee to accompany him on the set, but she now has doubts about the relationship. However, Tad can dispel these by raving about her six different ways to smile. However, he knows this from Pete, who told him this in his crush on Rosalee.

After talking to the bartender Angelica, Pete decides to confess his love to Rosalee. He meets her packing for her trip to filming with Tad and reveals his feelings to her. Confused, Rosalee sticks to her trip with Tad and tells Pete that she is sorry.

The next morning, when she is sitting on his private plane with Tad, he confesses to her that he knows about Rosalee's six different ways to smile from Pete. Rosalee then realizes that she has loved Pete, whom she has known for 22 years, all her life, and asks Tad to turn around with the machine. Back in her hometown, she learns from bartender Angelica that Pete is about to leave town. Rosalee borrows the car from her friend Cathy and manages to catch up with Pete's car on the street. She confesses her love to him and the two are happily united.

background

The film was one in Los Angeles in Santa Monica and in Charleston ( West Virginia turned). The shooting of the film began on 12 May 2003 and ended on 22 July 2003. Its production amounted to an estimated 24 million US dollars . The film grossed around US $ 20.9 million in cinemas around the world, including just under US $ 17.1 million in the US. The film celebrated its world premiere on January 23, 2004 in the USA. He was seen in Germany from July 22, 2004.

Amy Smart can be seen with a cameo in the excerpt from the screening of a film set during the Second World War shown at the beginning of the film . In another cameo, David Daskal can be seen in the bar.

Josh Lucas turned down the offer to take on the role of Tad.

criticism

Peter Travers wrote in Rolling Stone magazine on January 29, 2004 that the actors would fight hard against the " schizoid " script and the " cotton candy " -like direction. The battle was lost, however.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a " contourless romantic comedy with a lot of pop music " that did not go beyond the conventions of the genre.

Awards

The film received eight Teen Choice Awards in 2004 , including Best Picture and - in several categories each - for Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace and Josh Duhamel.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Locations according to the Internet Movie Database
  2. ↑ a b c Budget and box office earnings according to the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ a b Start dates according to the Internet Movie Database
  4. ↑ a b c Background information according to the Internet Movie Database
  5. ^ Film review , Rolling Stone , Peter Travers, January 29, 2004
  6. ↑ Total crush on Tad Hamilton. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  7. ↑ Nominations and awards according to the Internet Movie Database