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How To Deal (2003)

101 min · Romantic Comedy, drama film, romantic comedy, teen film

Popularity4/5
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2.6k02025-09: 2,119 views2025-10: 1,955 views2025-11: 1,731 views2025-12: 1,664 views2026-01: 2,063 views2026-02: 1,660 views2026-03: 1,877 views2026-04: 1,959 views2026-05: 2,560 views2026-06: 2,351 views2026-07: 2,460 views2026-08: 2,243 views
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Directors

Clare Kilner

Cast

Mandy Moore, Allison Janney, Trent Ford, Alexandra Holden, Dylan Baker, Nina Foch, Mackenzie Astin, Connie Ray, Mary Catherine Garrison, Sonja Smits

The story

Halley Martin is a 17-year-old high school student who is disillusioned with love after seeing many dysfunctional relationships around her. Her parents are now divorced and her father, Len Martin, a radio talk show host, has a new young girlfriend that the entire family despises. Her mother, Lydia, is now always alone while her sister, Ashley, is so overwhelmed by her upcoming wedding with Lewis Warsher that she barely exists in the house.

Catalogue themes and tags

Bride, Car Crash, First Kiss, Gegenwart, Gymnasium, Hangover, Heart Attack, Hund, Jugendschwarm, Lovestory, Marijuana, Marriage, Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung, Pregancy and Birth, Relation, Scheidung, Sexuality, Smoking, Verabredung, bester Freund, Romantic comedy, Family Drama, Comedy-drama, Drama, Comedy, Romance Film, Teen

Genres

Romantic Comedy, drama film, romantic comedy, teen film

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