How to Deal

How to Deal

Rule #1: There are no rules.

2003•1h 39m•5.5/10

DramaComedyRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.5/10(169)

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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Production

Focus Features, Golden Mean, Radar Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore

Halley Martin

Trent Ford

Trent Ford

Macon Forrester

Allison Janney

Allison Janney

Lydia Martin

Alexandra Holden

Alexandra Holden

Scarlett Smith

Dylan Baker

Dylan Baker

Steve Beckwith

Nina Foch

Nina Foch

Grandma Halley

Mary Catherine Garrison

Mary Catherine Garrison

Ashley Martin

Connie Ray

Connie Ray

Marion Smith

Mackenzie Astin

Mackenzie Astin

Lewis Warsher

Charlotte Sullivan

Charlotte Sullivan

Elizabeth Gunderson

Ray Kahnert

Ray Kahnert

Donald Sherwood

Andrew Gillies

Andrew Gillies

Buck Warsher

John White

John White

Michael Sherwood

Laura Catalano

Lorna Queen

Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher

Len Martin

Sonja Smits

Sonja Smits

Alison MacLeod

Bill Lake

Bill Lake

Philip Akin

Philip Akin

Ennis Esmer

Ennis Esmer

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