Not Another Happy Ending

Not Another Happy Ending

Sometimes love needs a re-write.

2013•1h 42m•5.8/10

RomanceComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.8/10(131)

When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked, he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. With her newfound success, she's become too happy and she can't write when she's happy. The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realizes he's in love with her.

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Production

British Film Company, Synchronicity Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Karen Gillan

Karen Gillan

Jane Lockhart

Stanley Weber

Stanley Weber

Tom Duval

Iain De Caestecker

Iain De Caestecker

Roddy

Henry Ian Cusick

Henry Ian Cusick

Willie

Kate Dickie

Kate Dickie

Anne Lefevre

Amy Manson

Amy Manson

Darsie

Freya Mavor

Freya Mavor

Nicola Ball

Gary Lewis

Gary Lewis

Benny Lockhart

Niall Greig Fulton

Niall Greig Fulton

Team Member 1

Bill Barclay

Team Member 2

Cora Bissett

Bookshop Owner

Louise Goodall

Louise Goodall

Dr. Klinsch

John Bett

John Bett

Mr. McLeish

Callum Cuthbertson

Quiz Master

Jenni Duffy

Jenni Duffy

Book Enquirer (uncredited)

Luke Oscar Ford

Man Kissing Girl (uncredited)

Erica Von Stein

Waitress (uncredited)

Jennifer Ann Watt

Jennifer Ann Watt

Waitress (uncredited)

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