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Failure to Launch (2006)
5.7
PG-13
Duration: 97min
Country: US
Original Language: en
Director: Tom Dey
Plot: Thirty-five-year-old Tripp still resides with his parents, so they hire Paula to force him to move out. She intends to date and dump him, but things get complicated when Tripp develops feelings for her and his friend shows interest in her roommate. Paula has a secret that could blow everything up. What if she falls in love with him, too? Who will support her then?
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper
Keywords: parent child relationship, romantic comedy, dating, extreme sports, young boy, sailing, lying, sailboat, sports car, intervention
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You, Me and Dupree (2006)
5.6
PG-13
Duration: 108min
Country: US
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50 First Dates (2004)
6.8
PG-13
Duration: 99min
Country: US
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The Next Best Thing (2000)
4.7
PG-13
Duration: 108min
Country: US
Plot: Abby had recently experienced an agonizing separation from her partner. Robert is Abby's best friend and a homosexual architect. Two lives with great sadness eventually clash with romance during a cocktail day. Abby discovered she was expecting. After some discussion, the couple chose to become parents. They started acting like the child's parents as well. That all changed on this particular day, though, when Ben Cooper, a bank financier visiting Los Angeles from New York on business, entered Abby's yoga class. It was instantaneous.
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Spanglish (2004)
6.4
PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 2004-12-17
Duration: 130min
Country: US
Plot: Fran, a stunning single mother, and her 12-year-old daughter relocate to the US in quest of a better life. Fran was brought in as a housekeeper for a respectable family by a friend. And the largest obstacle in Fran's path to a new life was her cultural background. Another major trauma to Fran's brain was the contrast in lifestyle and parenting styles between her and the owners, John and Deborah. Fran still faces certain challenges in her quest to assimilate into American high society completely. The cultural confrontation is subtly presented under a veil of emotional sentiments.
Cast: Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman, Shelbie Bruce
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
6.2
PG-13
Duration: 101min
Country: US
Plot: Lucy Kelson is an attorney who advocates for worthy causes. Lucy gets hired by wealthy developer George Wade as his attorney. Despite her dislike for George, Lucy accepts the assignment to stop him from demolishing a community center. George is obnoxious and needy. Lucy resigns and assists him in locating June Carver, a new attorney. June desires to have George all to herself. Lucy acknowledges her affection for George. When George does anything wrong, she becomes irritated.
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Evan Almighty (2007)
5.4
PG
Duration: 96min
Country: US
Plot: Evan Baxter, a Buffalo newsman, is elected to Congress with the platform "Change the world." He strikes it lucky and inherits a large home in a recently developed suburb of Virginia. His Capitol office is equally excellent, but there's a catch: Congressman Long, who is very influential, has asked him to co-sponsor a measure permitting national park construction. God then shows himself to a skeptical Evan and gives him gentle instructions to construct an ark.
Cast: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, Johnny Simmons, Graham Phillips

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Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
5.5
PG
Release Date: 1989-05-12
Duration: 100min
Country: US
Cast: Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans, Michael McKean