How to Deal (2003)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Clare Kilner

Writers (WGA):

Sarah Dessen (novels)
Neena Beber (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 July 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Rule #1 There are no rules.

Plot:

A teenager (Moore), disillusioned by too many examples of love gone wrong, refuses to believe that true love exists. Then this new guy (Ford) comes along...

Plot Keywords:

High School | Wedding | Dance | Mother Daughter Relationship | Bride

Cast

Mandy Moore	...	Halley Martin
Allison Janney	...	Lydia Martin
Trent Ford	...	Macon Forrester
Alexandra Holden	...	Scarlett Smith
Dylan Baker	...	Steve Beckwith
Nina Foch	...	Grandma Halley
Mackenzie Astin	...	Lewis Warsher
Connie Ray	...	Marion Smith
Mary Catherine Garrison	...	Ashley Martin
Sonja Smits	...	Carol Warsher
Laura Catalano	...	Lorna Queen
Ray Kahnert	...	Donald Sherwood
Andrew Gillies	...	Buck Warsher
John White	...	Michael Sherwood
Alison MacLeod	...	Sharon Sherwood

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, drug material, language and some thematic elements.

Runtime:

Philippines:99 min | USA:101 min | Argentina:102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:12 | Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39293) | Australia:M | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Birchmount Collegiate, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Focus Features

Trivia:

Is a combination of the Sarah Dessen novels "Someone like You" and "That Summer"

Goofs:

Continuity: When Scarlett goes over to Halley's house to discuss symptoms she is eating grapefruit. After complaining that Halley's 'perfume' smells she puts the plate of grapefruit to her right. But in the overhead shot of her and Halley we see that the grapefruit is still on the pillow in her lap.

Quotes:

Halley: You will take a step toward me and on the count of 3... 2... 1
[leans in to kiss]
Halley: We dance.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Inside/Out: Mandy Moore Profile (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Hidden Charms

Even Though I'm a guy

Even though I am a guy I didn't like this movie one bit. I couldn't sit still it was a slow pace movie. Now don't get me wrong even though I am a guy I still enjoy some chick flicks like Down to You, 10 Things I Hate About You, and Boys and Girls. This one was just dull really had no humorus moments, and it was set as though it happens but in a unrealistic way. It does deal with teenage problems or what some teenagers go through but it, to me, was somewhat un realistic. I only went cause my girlfriend wanted to see it which is the case probably for many guys out there, and if you are one of those guys that might get dragged to see it try to find a way not too. Only if it's the very last option. (Girls seem to like the movie though.)