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Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings
- Starring: Dylan Baker, Mandy Moore, Trent Ford
- Summary: The story of 17-year-old Halley Martin (Moore), who has been convinced by the outrageous relationships around her that the whole concept of true love is vastly overrated. (New Line Cinema)
- Director: Clare Kilner
- Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance
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Positive: 7 out of 29
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Mixed: 15 out of 29
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Negative: 7 out of 29
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This is a movie whose title promises to show teenage viewers how to cope with the messed-up, grown-up world they are entering, not how to make it perfect -- or even how to make sense of it.
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60Works up some genuine emotion offset by occasional humor and creates individuals of a certain degree of complexity, but the film is glazed over with an aura of artificiality.
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60As Mom, Allison Janney easily dominates every scene she graces, as does Morning Zoo jock papa Peter Gallagher.
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38Unlike pop rival Britney Spears, Moore does project star quality on the screen, but she gives Halley an edge of nastiness that makes her harder to empathize with than she should be.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 12
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Mixed: 1 out of 12
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Negative: 3 out of 12
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LindzR.10LOVED IT.
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