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How to Deal

Dir. Clare Kilner·2003·1h 39m

For teenager Halley, love seems like an alien concept. Her mother is divorcing her father, who is dating a younger woman Halley can't stand. Her sister is about to get married and doesn't realize that her fiancé is not the man of her dreams. And her best friend has fallen madly in love for the first time, leaving Halley to feel even more alone. But, when she meets edgy Macon, she learns what love is really all about.

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How to Deal

How to Deal (2003)

Clare Kilner

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1h 39m
Cross-source blend ~46/100

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Countries

United States of America

Ratings

TMDB users

5.5/10

164 votes

IMDb

5.6/10

Users

Critics

27%Rotten Tomatoes

45Metacritic

Rating consensus

46/100 blend

Sources: TMDB · IMDb · Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic

Cooler blended reception — weighted ~46/100 across 4 rating sources. The listed meters mostly agree.

Cast

Mandy Moore

Halley Martin

Trent Ford

Macon Forrester

Allison Janney

Lydia Martin

Alexandra Holden

Scarlett Smith

Dylan Baker

Steve Beckwith

Nina Foch

Grandma Halley

Mary Catherine Garrison

Ashley Martin

Connie Ray

Marion Smith

Mackenzie Astin

Lewis Warsher

Charlotte Sullivan

Elizabeth Gunderson

Ray Kahnert

Donald Sherwood

Andrew Gillies

Buck Warsher

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