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How to Deal

  • 20032003
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
9.8K
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Trent Ford and Mandy Moore in How to Deal (2003)
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ComedyDramaRomance
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...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...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...
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
9.8K
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    • Clare Kilner
    • Sarah Dessen(novels "Someone Like You" and "That Summer")
    • Neena Beber(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Mandy Moore
    • Trent Ford
    • Dylan Baker
    • Clare Kilner
    • Sarah Dessen(novels "Someone Like You" and "That Summer")
    • Neena Beber(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Mandy Moore
    • Trent Ford
    • Dylan Baker
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 102User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews
    • 45Metascore
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    Mandy Moore
    Mandy Moore
    • Halley Martin
    Trent Ford
    Trent Ford
    • Macon Forrester
    Dylan Baker
    Dylan Baker
    • Steve Beckwith
    Allison Janney
    Allison Janney
    • Lydia Martin
    Alexandra Holden
    Alexandra Holden
    • Scarlett Smith
    Nina Foch
    Nina Foch
    • Grandma Halley
    Mackenzie Astin
    Mackenzie Astin
    • Lewis Warsher
    Connie Ray
    Connie Ray
    • Marion Smith
    Mary Catherine Garrison
    Mary Catherine Garrison
    • Ashley Martin
    Sonja Smits
    Sonja Smits
    • Carol Warsher
    Laura Catalano
    • Lorna Queen
    Ray Kahnert
    Ray Kahnert
    • Donald Sherwood
    Andrew Gillies
    Andrew Gillies
    • Buck Warsher
    John White
    John White
    • Michael Sherwood
    Alison MacLeod
    • Sharon Sherwood
    Bill Lake
    Bill Lake
    • Ed
    Charlotte Sullivan
    Charlotte Sullivan
    • Elizabeth Gunderson
    Philip Akin
    • Mr. Bowden
      • Clare Kilner
      • Sarah Dessen(novels "Someone Like You" and "That Summer")
      • Neena Beber(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The plot is a combination of the Sarah Dessen novels "Someone like You" and "That Summer." The first novel is the story of Halley helping Scarlett through the results of her interaction with Michael. The second novel is the story of Haven, whose parents have broken up and whose sister is planning a wedding. The stories were combined, with Dessen's approval, by reassigning Haven's family to Halley.
    • Goofs
      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: Some people fall in love. I had to crash into it.

    • Crazy credits
      In what is probably a typo, "American Human Association monitored the animal action", according to the credits. The logo next to the words does spell "Humane" properly.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Seabiscuit/Bad Boys II/How to Deal/Dirty Little Secrets/Johnny English (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Billy S.
      Written by James Robertson and Skye Sweetnam

      Performed by Skye Sweetnam

      Courtesy of Capitol Records

    User reviews102

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    6/10
    Nothing too special.
    A little bit of laugh, a little bit of cry. It's an ok movie.
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    • chris_ts
    • Mar 11, 2021

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    • Release date
      • July 18, 2003 (United States)
      • United States
      • New Line
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Birchmount Collegiate, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Focus Features
      • Golden Mean
      • Radar Pictures
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    • 1 hour 41 minutes
      • Color
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS

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