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Overview

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Writers (WGA):
Michael Grant Jaffe (novel)
Matthew McDuffie (screenplay)
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Release Date:
29 January 1999 (USA) more
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Tagline:
love, sex and starting over...
Plot:
A single father balances his work as an attorney with the care of his five year old son and his work as a high school basketball coach in rural Kansas... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
something is missing to make this a good movie more (49 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Vince Vaughn ... Russell Durrell

Monica Potter ... Kate Durrell

Joey Lauren Adams ... Beth Ward
Bobby Moat ... Calvin Durrell

Devon Sawa ... Noah Ward

Todd Louiso ... Bob Harper
Jenny Robertson ... Joyce Ives
Siobhan Fallon ... Charlotte

Chris Bauer ... Larry Ives (as Christopher Bauer)
Nicholas Campbell ... Frankie Gooland

Aleksa Palladino ... Bonnie
Janet Kidder ... Carol Holman

Doug Wert ... Tom Johnson
Skipp Sudduth ... Jack Newbauer
Dara Perlmutter ... Megan
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dance Real Slow (USA) (original script title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexuality and brief strong language.
Runtime:
97 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Kate Durrell: [to Russ] When I was in the bathroom, I was thinking about the time, God, I don't even think Calvin was 6-months-old, when we were down at the lake. And it started to rain, and you put him in the ice chest, you covered him - you covered him with a blanket. And that's the way I always think of him when I think of him with you. Y'know, being safe and protected in a cool dry place. more
Movie Connections:
Features "ReBoot" (1994) more
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Hear About Love more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
something is missing to make this a good movie, 21 January 2004
Author: SnoopyStyle

Vince is great. The story is funny and touching. There're some great bits, especially about the kid. So what is so fundamentally wrong with this movie? I couldn't figure it out, but something is missing.

I figure the only answer is a general lack of film making imagination. It boils down to a made-for-TV look to the movie. There's a lack of any good musical score or interesting songs. The direction is at best described as mediocre.

It's saving grace lies in the actors and a good story. It's too bad they couldn't save this movie completely.

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