| | | Rule #1 There are no rules.
Features: DVD, Spanish, Subtitled
Mandy Moore stars as Halley, a young hip high school student who believes that love will never happen to her and that her life is a mess. Her father is marrying a woman she can't stand, her mother is alone, her sister's wedding plans are taking over her life and her friends at school only care about cheerleading and football. All seems lost until she meets a boy who shows her what love is all about.
"How to Deal is a funny, sweet, sexy surprise... with a starmaking performance from Mandy Moore" Clay Smith, Access Hollywood
"Mandy Moore has such an unaffected natural charm..." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Editor's Note
Being a teenager is hard enough without having to deal with your parents' divorce, your sister's wedding, your best friend's pregnancy, and the death of a friend. And falling in love for the first time? That only makes everything harder. At least that's what 17-year-old Halley Martin (Mandy Moore) discovers during her junior year in high school. A confirmed skeptic on love after dealing with her parent's divorce, Halley doesn't understand how her best friend, Scarlett (Alexandra Holden) can suddenly be head over heels for her first serious boyfriend. Or, for that matter, how her older sister, Ashley (Mary Catherine Garrison), can marry stuffy Lewis (Mackenzie Austin) when they seem to disagree all the time. But when her friendship with a quirky schoolmate, Macon Forrester (Trent Ford), ultimately blossoms into romance, Halley suddenly has to reconsider everything she thought to be true about love. Allison Janney stars as Lydia, Halley's mom, a new divorcee dealing with being dumped for a younger woman by her ultra-hip DJ husband, Len (Peter Gallagher). Clare Kilner (JANICE BEARD: 45 WORDS PER MINUTE) is the director of this coming of age tale.
| Features | 2 Music Videos | | 4 Featurettes | | Audio Commentry | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, Stereo | | Deleted Scenes | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: New Line |
| Release Date: 12/9/2008 |
| Running Time: 101 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2003 | | Catalog ID: 6757 | | UPC: 00794043675720 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Los Angeles Times
"...An appealing teen picture....HOW TO DEAL works up some genuine emotion offset by occasional humor and creates individuals of a certain degree of complexity..." 07/18/2003 p.C17USA Today
"...Moore is funny and surprisingly believable..." 07/18/2003 p.4E Entertainment Weekly
"...[Moore] is intensely appealing....Moore makes Halley's awakening organic and touching..." 07/25/2003 p.54 |
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