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How to Deal

Year:

2003

Duration:

Philippines:99 min | USA:101 min | Argentina:102 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

5.7

Director:

Clare Kilner

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2003-07-18

Filming Locations: Birchmount Collegiate, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Earnings

Budget: $16,000,000

Opening Weekend: $5,809,960 (USA) (20 July 2003)

Gross: $14,108,518 (USA) (10 August 2003)

Cast

Actor

Character

Nina Foch

Mandy Moore

Halley Martin

Allison Janney

Lydia Martin

Trent Ford

Macon Forrester

Alexandra Holden

Scarlett Smith

Dylan Baker

Steve Beckwith

Mackenzie Astin

Lewis Warsher

Connie Ray

Marion Smith

Mary Catherine Garrison

Ashley Martin

Sonja Smits

Carol Warsher

Laura Catalano

Lorna Queen

Ray Kahnert

Donald Sherwood

Andrew Gillies

Buck Warsher

John White

Michael Sherwood

Alison MacLeod

Sharon Sherwood

Bill Lake

Charlotte Sullivan

Elizabeth Gunderson

Philip Akin

Mr. Bowden

Claire Crawford

Seamstress

Ennis Esmer

Ronnie

Thomas Hauff

Minister

Darryl Pring

Big Burly Guy

Patrice Goodman

Carla

Audrey Gardiner

Ginny Tabor

Jayne Eastwood

Mrs. Toussaint

Judi Croon

Reporter (as Judy Croon)

Sandi Ross

Marcella

Gabrielle Ashry

Dixie Cup Girl

Dana Reznik

ER Nurse

Darrin Brown

Steely Dan Fan

Darrell Hicks

Soccer Coach (as Darrell Jordan Hicks)

Jon Hyatt

Skanky Guy

François Klanfer

Guest

Sharlene Yuen

Female Fan

Jeff White

Die-Hard Fan

Peter Gallagher

Len Martin (uncredited)

Inna Korobkina

Flight Attendant (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Is a combination of the Sarah Dessen novels "Someone like You" and "That Summer"

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Mandy Moore cut her hair short because she felt it suited the role; the movie producers weren't happy about it. In the end they compromised and had her wear hair extension for some of the movie and then have her having her hair cut put into the film.

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Last cinema film of Nina Foch.

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Goofs

When Lydia is in the kitchen ranting about her ex-husband, she is chopping carrots. The shot cuts away then cuts back to show her chopping the top off a zucchini. But, when the scene cuts away and back again, she is chopping the carrots again.

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ALERT: When Macon goes to his car after the accident with Halley, you see the windshield is broken on the passengers (Halley's) side. As he pulls out, you can see that there is no damage to the front or sides of the car. Considering the accident involved driving into a tree, with the result being that Halley was admitted to the hospital with a broken left arm, the car would have had much more damage to it.

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When Halley and Scarlett are hiding behind the ticket booth at the movie theater, the reflection in the glass does not match the surrounding shots that show what they are looking at.

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Quotes

Halley: Oh my god, no, no, no, I can not believe I didn't tell you this. The bimbo almost died of strangulation. Her wedding veil took on a life of its own and rebelled, and she had to like claw her way out and you know that woman could claw mom. It was so sad it was like, near death by wedding veil. So tragic isn't it?

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Halley: I imagine star wars figurines must be expensive

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Macon: You're going to move closer to me so I can wrap my arms around your waist. And on the count of 3... 2... 1

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