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Release Date:
29 July 2005 (USA)
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Tagline:
The hardest trick is making them stay.
Plot:
A forty-something preschool teacher looks to the personals for a change of pace and a relationship, with hilarious results. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination
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(15 articles)
Must Love John Cusack: The Biting Reality of Inspiring RomComs.
(From SoundOnSight. 11 October 2009, 10:02 AM, PDT)
Interview: Victor Webster is "Melrose Place"'s Gay 2.0
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(From SoundOnSight. 11 October 2009, 10:02 AM, PDT)
Interview: Victor Webster is "Melrose Place"'s Gay 2.0
(From AfterElton.com. 7 October 2009, 1:11 PM, PDT)
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Talented actors, appealing premise,uneven script, amateur direction
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Diane Lane | ... | Sarah Nolan |
 | John Cusack | ... | Jake |
 | Elizabeth Perkins | ... | Carol |
 | Christopher Plummer | ... | Bill |
 | Dermot Mulroney | ... | Bob |
 | Stockard Channing | ... | Dolly |
 | Ali Hillis | ... | Christine |
 | Brad William Henke | ... | Leo |
 | Julie Gonzalo | ... | June |
 | Glenn Howerton | ... | Michael |
 | Ben Shenkman | ... | Charlie |
 | Jordana Spiro | ... | Sherry |
 | Kirk Trutner | ... | Deli Guy |
 | Victor Webster | ... | Eric |
 | Michael Spound | ... | Marc |
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Rated PG-13 for sexual content.
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Runtime:
98 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Brazil:12 |
Germany:o.Al. |
Ireland:12A |
Netherlands:AL |
Argentina:Atp |
Finland:S |
Taiwan:PG-12 |
Australia:M |
Sweden:Btl |
Czech Republic:12 |
Iceland:L |
Malaysia:U |
South Korea:15 |
New Zealand:M |
USA:PG-13 |
UK:12A |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Canada:PG (British Columbia) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Singapore:PG (edited for re-rating) |
Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) |
Philippines:PG-13
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According to director Gary David Goldberg, he gave the script to John Cusack and encouraged him to change any of his character's dialogue to better suit him. Goldberg was surprised by Cusack's response, who later sent the director about 35 pages of new dialogue for his character.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Sarah runs out of the shop where she's having a manicure, she has flip flops on and toe separators on her feet. After she talks to Jake and turns around to go back to finish her manicure, the separators are gone.
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Rebecca: The best place to meet a guy is at the supermarket. You don't need to waste a lot of time there, either. You see a guy holding a list, you know he's married. He's in the frozen food section carrying a small basket, he's single. I like to hang out by fruits and vegetables, there's a better chance of getting a guy who's healthy.
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Rebecca: The best place to meet a guy is at the supermarket. You don't need to waste a lot of time there, either. You see a guy holding a list, you know he's married. He's in the frozen food section carrying a small basket, he's single. I like to hang out by fruits and vegetables, there's a better chance of getting a guy who's healthy.
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Movie Connections:
References Say Anything... (1989)
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Jinn
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I was surprised to find that this wasn't 'Must Love Dogs' director Gary David Goldberg's first attempt at film direction and feature screen writing. The steering of his own script adaptation was plodding at best, only made passable by the spirited and professional performances from the stars Diane Lane and John Cusack. Less surprising is the fact that much of Goldberg's experience comes from television comedy. The irregular cadence of the dialog almost leads the audience to listen for a canned laugh track, ironic given one of the character's penchant for poetry.
Additionally, Goldberg should return his directing credentials for allowing the flat and unflattering interior lighting especially inflicted on Lane. The technical direction would have been more appropriate on a three-camera TV set. Feature release of this film amplifies the shortcomings of the vision behind this work.
The sweetness in the film, no doubt, comes from Claire Cook's novel of the same name. Justice should have been paid to the book by assigning a true film director. There were many future-classic one-liners loosely strung together with flat dialog more appropriate to the legend of a map. I doubt this was the result that Lane and Cusack expected from the promising elements at the outset of this project, but no one can fault their admirable attempts to deliver a heart-warming film.