Rating: PG13
Genre: Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 07/18/2003(USA)
Release Date: 12/09/2003
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 101 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations, Drug Content, Alcohol Consumption, Watch With Your Teen, Youth Substance Use
Distributor/Studio: New Line Home Video

Teen pop star Mandy Moore stars in the romantic comedy How to Deal. Directed by British filmmaker Clare Kilner, the script is based on two of author Sarah Dessen's popular teen novels: Someone Like You and That Summer. Halley (Moore) is a teenager trying to make sense of the faltering romantic relationships within her immediate social sphere. Her mother, Lydia (Allison Janney), can't seem get a date, while her father (Peter Gallagher) is getting remarried to a woman that nobody seems to like. Halley's wedding-obsessed sister, Ashley (Mary Catherine Garrison), is engaged to Lewis (MacKenzie Astin), a guy that is completely wrong for her. Meanwhile, bad boy Macon Forrester (Trent Ford) won't leave Halley alone. Just when she decides to become cynical about love because of all the romantic disappointments around her, a troubled situation involving her best friend Scarlett (Alexandra Holden) changes her outlook.

~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Mandy Moore - Halley
Allison Janney - Lydia, Halley's Mom
Trent Ford - Macon
Alexandra Holden - Scarlett
Dylan Baker - Steve Beckwith
Nina Foch - Grandmas Halley
MacKenzie Astin - Lewis Warsher
Connie Ray - Marion Smith
Mary Catherine Garrison - Ashley Martin
Sonja Smits - Carol Warsher
Peter Gallagher - Len Martin

Production:
Clare Kilner - Director
Erica Huggins William Teitler - Producer
Stephanie Striegel - Co Producer
David Kitay - Composer
Janice Hampton Shawna Callahan - Editor
Neena Beber - Screen Writer
Cal Loucks - Set Designer
Sarah Dessen - Book Author
Avy Kaufman - Casting
Eric Alan Edwards - Cinematographer
Alexandra Welker - Costume Designer
Chris Van Allsburg - Executive Producer
David Linde - Executive Producer
Michele Weiss - Executive Producer
Scott Kroopf - Executive Producer
Ted Field - Executive Producer
Toby Emmerich - Executive Producer
Jeffrey Steven Authors - First Assistant Director
Jon Leshay - Musical Direction/Supervision
Dan Davis - Production Designer
Henry Embry - Sound/Sound Designer
Andrew M. Stern - Art Director

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