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How to Deal (2003) Rank 3 Reviews
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Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
...handles swooning material with something that can almost be called tact. ...read the complete How to Deal movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
UpcomingDiscs.com (David Annandale)
Peter Sobczynski
Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Moore makes Halley's awakening organic and touching. In an age when most teenagers are up to their eyeballs in postmodern consumer glitz, her movies seem radical not just in their retro squareness but in their unfashionable embrace of faith over ironic ...read the complete How to Deal movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
The plot pulls off a few unexpectedly dramatic kinks, adding unforeseen edge and a welcome surprise factor to the sentimental proceedings. ...read the complete How to Deal movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Baltimore Sun (Chris Kaltenbach)
There's pleasure to be had in a film that suggests teen life can be hard without necessarily being tragic. ...read the complete How to Deal movie review at Baltimore Sun (Chris Kaltenbach)
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Chicago Tribune (Ellen Fox)
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. ...read the complete How to Deal movie review at Chicago Tribune (Ellen Fox)
Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
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IndependentCritics.com (Richard Propes)
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DVD Net (Martin Friedel)
Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
Mandy Mooreswears, trespasses and almost rounds third base inHow to Deal, an unkempt comedy/drama held together by barrettes and its cast's camaraderie.As usual, Mandy and her perfect skin always end up in some highstress situation. InDeal, she stars as ...read the complete How to Deal movie review at Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Exclaim! (Erin Oke)
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Reel.com (Kim Morgan)
Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Janney's role is smaller than Moore's, but it's hardly insignificant. Moore has youth on her side, and youth is timelessly appealing. But Janney is the bigger, more memorable presence, and she's much more fun to watch. ...read the complete How to Deal movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
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The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
There's a surprising intelligence and gravity working beneath its bubbly surface, informed by an unusual degree of empathy for its adolescent audience and a rare willingness to confront the darker regions of youth experience. ...read the complete How to Deal movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
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Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
An amiable, after-school -special-style teen drama. ...read the complete How to Deal movie review at Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
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The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Chicago Tribune
Premiere (Alexis Mersel)
The handful of comic moments will serve up a few good laughs. ...read the complete How to Deal movie review at Premiere (Alexis Mersel)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
How to Deal is pop singer Mandy Moore's fourth movie, and already the winsome waif shows signs of becoming heiress apparent to '80s teen queen Molly Ringwald. The film, based on Sarah Dessen's young-adult novels Someone Like You and That ...read the complete How to Deal movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
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Dallas Morning News (Matt Weitz)
Require[s] only the presence of Scott Baio to qualify as fodder for an after-school special. ...read the complete How to Deal movie review at Dallas Morning News (Matt Weitz)
Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Despite attempts at seriousness, How To Deal remains a bland and mostly predictable coming -of-age story. ...read the complete How to Deal movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
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Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
It’s just too much drama for one modest film to service adequately. In an effort to cram it all in, scenes abruptly jump from one to the next with nary a smooth transition in sight, relationships evolve far too quickly, and certain subplots drop ...read the complete How to Deal movie review at Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
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