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  • 2012
  • R
  • Abramorama
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2012
  • R
  • Abramorama
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary The film revolves around a bachelor who follows a set of rules in order to avoid emotional attachment, the most important being: there is no woman so perfect that you can’t get over her in six months. Knowing that he will get over her allows him to dismiss relationships easily and without regret...Until he meets a girl who changes eve...

Directed By: Blayne Weaver

Written By: Blayne Weaver

  • 2012
  • R
  • Abramorama
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2012
  • R
  • Abramorama
  • 1 h 40 m
6 Month Rule
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary The film revolves around a bachelor who follows a set of rules in order to avoid emotional attachment, the most important being: there is no woman so perfect that you can’t get over her in six months. Knowing that he will get over her allows him to dismiss relationships easily and without regret...Until he meets a girl who changes eve...

Directed By: Blayne Weaver

Written By: Blayne Weaver

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
31
0% Positive
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29% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
31
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71% Mixed
5 Reviews
29% Negative
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50
Jun 8, 2012
Ensemble is sharp, although Adams and Dave Foley (as an obnoxious gallery owner) make more caricatured impressions.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
50
May 29, 2012
As with the latest Kate Hudson comedy, it's a formula for irrelevancy pretty much as a rule.
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50
May 29, 2012
The film is far too indulgent with its lead character to do more than hint at the ways that one form of male egotism can morph into another.
By Andrew Schenker FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 4, 2012
An ineffective indie variation on the sort of generic romantic comedy that should be starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
40
May 31, 2012
An ostensible romantic comedy that's really just a grating portrait of an irredeemable jerk.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
30
Jun 7, 2012
Weaver's last ditch attempt to upend rom-com convention and rewrite the movie as a skeevy lout's comeuppance hardly makes up for the clichéd slog that comes before.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
0
Jun 1, 2012
Grueling vanity piece.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Secret Identity Productions, Steakhaus Productions
Release Date Jun 1, 2012
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
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Tagline Tyler always played by his own rules. Rules are meant to be broken.
Website http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/6-Month-Rule/298655786744?ref=ts
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Awards

Hill Country Film Festival, US
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Omaha Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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