How to Deal
User Score
6.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
  3. Negative: 3 out of 14

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  1. Christy
    Jul 20, 2003
    0
    This was SO COMPLETELY DUMB. it's based on a third novel too, by the same author called This Lullaby. The book was good. This movie sucked ass. Mandy Moore is so damn stuck-up and whiny, why did Macon want her anyway? And in the words of one of the critics that reviewed this too, why the hell do Macon and Halley look exactly the same?
  2. Woutielion
    May 29, 2005
    3
    This movie sucked. It wennt from one scene to another and Malcom isn't even an believable actor. there is no real story line. It goes from all different topics. Just stuck to one topic and then show the character's emotions.
  3. Spriggangirl
    Jul 24, 2003
    0
    This is not your everyday life to be a teenager one of these days.I'm sorry to say this,but,it sucks and they should make it how to fight instead of how to deal.You got that?

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Metascore
45 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 29
  3. Negative: 7 out of 29
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    20
    A bad, unimaginative story posing pretentiously as the very opposite.
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  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Laura Sinagra
    60
    As Mom, Allison Janney easily dominates every scene she graces, as does Morning Zoo jock papa Peter Gallagher.
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  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    38
    Moore and Ford rise above the hackneyed story, infusing the proceedings with their own chemistry and appeal. If only the adults responsible for this film could learn how to deal.
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