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.
Acting
Allison Janney steals every scene as the messy mom.
Costume
Peak 2003 fashion: low-rise everything and butterfly clips.
Director
Clare Kilner
Mandy Moore
Halley Martin
Trent Ford
Macon Forrester
Allison Janney
Lydia Martin
Alexandra Holden
Scarlett Smith
Dylan Baker
Steve Beckwith
Nina Foch
Grandma Halley
Mary Catherine Garrison
Ashley Martin
Connie Ray
Marion Smith
Mackenzie Astin
Lewis Warsher
Charlotte Sullivan
Elizabeth Gunderson
Ray Kahnert
Donald Sherwood
Andrew Gillies
Buck Warsher
John White
Michael Sherwood
Peter Gallagher
Len Martin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Sarah Dessen's novels 'That Summer' and 'Someone Like You' — the movie awkwardly smashed two books into one script.
This bombed at the box office but became cable TV filler royalty, playing endlessly on TBS circa 2005.
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