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50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

2004 - USA
PLOT DESCRIPTION
Starring Tori Spelling, Fred Willard, Jennifer Westfeldt, Poppy Montgomery, Paul Schneider. Directed by Jordan Hawley. (NR, 93 minutes).


Owen (Paul Schneider of All the Real Girls) wants to be a serious writer, but ever since moving to Los Angeles, the only work he can get is co-writing trashy autobiographies for people who'd prefer he omit the unseemly truth, like Bucky (Fred Willard) an egotistical, philandering former astronaut. Owen thinks L.A. is keeping him from achieving his romantic and professional goals, but he can't bring himself to leave. After a big earthquake inspires Owen's manipulative, unfaithful ex-girlfriend to tell him she wants nothing more to do with him, he finally decides to get out of town. He arranges to write a bio for a Princeton physicist, and he tells all his friends and acquaintances the brutal truth, so that he won't be tempted to stay or come back to L.A. He tells his friend and housemate Rob (Dorian Missick) that he can't stand his girlfriend. He admits to Stephanie (Tori Spelling) that his other housemate, Allison (Poppy Montgomery), has always found her attractive, but he neglected to tell Stephanie this because he doesn't like her. But he can't bring himself to say anything unpleasant to his promiscuous bisexual best friend, Allison. Owen is at the airport, ready to board his flight, when he runs into Val (Jennifer Westfeldt of Kissing Jessica Stein), an attractive acquaintance of his ex. She's seeing off her ex-boyfriend, and invites Owen to have coffee, causing him to miss his flight. There's an immediate attraction. Owen is still determined to leave town, and now no one wants him around, but he has to take a few days to prove to himself that things would never work out with Val. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, the feature debut of writer/director/producer Jordan Hawley, had its world premiere at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide

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My opinion. Looks pretty standart and on small budget will not be that good.

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Ofcourse, because it's the budget that dictates how good a movie can be. bah!

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I loved this movie. Poppy is one of my favorite actors. And Tori had me cracking up:)

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Just watched this movie tonight. I couldn't believe how bad it was. Deserves two stars out of ten at best.

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The ending made the movie worse.
It was a good thing that the performances of the actors were good enough to save the film.
I still gave it a 7 out of 10 rating.

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