How to Deal
Rule #1: There are no rules.
5.5(167) 2003-07-18 99 minDramaComedyRomance
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.
DirectorClare Kilner
ScreenplayNeena Beber
ProducerErica Huggins
ProducerWilliam Teitler
Original Music ComposerDavid Kitay
Cast & characters
Mandy Moore
as Halley Martin
Trent Ford
as Macon Forrester
Allison Janney
as Lydia Martin
Alexandra Holden
as Scarlett Smith
Dylan Baker
as Steve Beckwith
Nina Foch
as Grandma Halley
Mary Catherine Garrison
as Ashley Martin
Connie Ray
as Marion Smith
Mackenzie Astin
as Lewis Warsher
Charlotte Sullivan
as Elizabeth Gunderson
Ray Kahnert
as Donald Sherwood
Andrew Gillies
as Buck Warsher
John White
as Michael Sherwood
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Laura Catalano
as Lorna Queen
Peter Gallagher
as Len Martin
Sonja Smits
as —
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Alison MacLeod
as —
Bill Lake
as —
Philip Akin
as —
Ennis Esmer
as —
Thomas Hauff
as —
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Darryl Pring
as —
Patrice Goodman
as Carla
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Audrey Gardiner
as —
