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* PetHomosexual: Sarah's best friend

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* PetHomosexual: Sarah's best friendfriend.



* RomanticFalseLead: Bob

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* RomanticFalseLead: BobBob.



** Jake's favorite movie is {{Film/DoctorZhivago}}

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** Jake's favorite movie is {{Film/DoctorZhivago}}Film/DoctorZhivago.
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** Jake's favorite movie is {{Film/DoctorZhivago}}
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* BaitAndSwitch: A handsome young man who briefly appears to be Sarah's latest blind date turns out to be Eric, the previously unseen partner of her PetHomosexual neighbor.


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* HotTeacher: Sarah's younger coworker June is a pretty young woman who is lusted after by most of the dads of her students. Sarah herself CleansUpNicely after she gets over her bad divorce.
* KissingCousins: PlayedForLaughs when Sarah's paternal aunt tries to set her up with her maternal cousin. He's supposedly adopted, but Sarah isn't interested.


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* RaceForYourLove: The climax has Sarah trying to tell Bill that she wants to get back together while Bill's rowing his boat down a river. She gets a ride to follow him from a high school rowing team, with one of the girls excitedly calling it a love chase.

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A 2005 light romantic comedy based on a novel written by Claire Cook. Sarah Nolan (Creator/DianeLane), a preschool teacher in her 30s, who recently divorced. After a series of disastrous, but hilarious, dates she decides to swear off dating for good. Her well-meaning sister enrolls her in online dating and includes the description of "must love dogs". She does loves dogs but doesn't own one of her own, so she borrows her brother's dog to meet a blind date at a dog park. What she doesn't know is that Jake Anderson (Creator/JohnCusack) also had to borrow a dog. After a series of misadventures, you hope to have the ending that all movies of this genre have!

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A 2005 light romantic comedy directed by Gary David Goldberg, based on a the novel written of the same name by Claire Cook. Cook.

Sarah Nolan (Creator/DianeLane), (Creator/DianeLane) is a preschool teacher in her 30s, 30s who recently divorced. After a series of disastrous, but hilarious, dates she decides to swear off dating for good. Her well-meaning sister enrolls her in online dating and includes the description of "must love dogs". She does loves dogs but doesn't own one of her own, so she borrows her brother's dog to meet a blind date at a dog park. What she doesn't know is that Jake Anderson (Creator/JohnCusack) also had to borrow a dog. After a series of misadventures, you hope to have the ending that all movies of this genre have!
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A 2005 light romantic comedy based on a novel written by Claire Cook. Sarah Nolan (Diane Lane), a preschool teacher in her 30s, who recently divorced. After a series of disastrous, but hilarious, dates she decides to swear off dating for good. Her well-meaning sister enrolls her in online dating and includes the description of "must love dogs". She does loves dogs but doesn't own one of her own, so she borrows her brother's dog to meet a blind date at a dog park. What she doesn't know is that Jake Anderson (Creator/JohnCusack) also had to borrow a dog. After a series of misadventures, you hope to have the ending that all movies of this genre have!

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A 2005 light romantic comedy based on a novel written by Claire Cook. Sarah Nolan (Diane Lane), (Creator/DianeLane), a preschool teacher in her 30s, who recently divorced. After a series of disastrous, but hilarious, dates she decides to swear off dating for good. Her well-meaning sister enrolls her in online dating and includes the description of "must love dogs". She does loves dogs but doesn't own one of her own, so she borrows her brother's dog to meet a blind date at a dog park. What she doesn't know is that Jake Anderson (Creator/JohnCusack) also had to borrow a dog. After a series of misadventures, you hope to have the ending that all movies of this genre have!

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A light romantic comedy centered on Sarah Nolan (played by Diane Lane), a preschool teacher in her 30s, who recently divorced. After a series of disastrous, but hilarious, dates she decides to swear off dating for good. Her well-meaning sister enrolls her in online dating and includes the description of "must love dogs". She does loves dogs but doesn't own one of her own, so she borrows her brother's dog to meet a blind date at a dog park. What she doesn't know is that Jake Anderson (played by Creator/JohnCusack in the movie) also had to borrow a dog. After a series of misadventures, you hope to have the ending that all movies of this genre have!

The 2005 film is based on a novel written by Claire Cook.

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A 2005 light romantic comedy centered based on a novel written by Claire Cook. Sarah Nolan (played by Diane (Diane Lane), a preschool teacher in her 30s, who recently divorced. After a series of disastrous, but hilarious, dates she decides to swear off dating for good. Her well-meaning sister enrolls her in online dating and includes the description of "must love dogs". She does loves dogs but doesn't own one of her own, so she borrows her brother's dog to meet a blind date at a dog park. What she doesn't know is that Jake Anderson (played by Creator/JohnCusack in the movie) (Creator/JohnCusack) also had to borrow a dog. After a series of misadventures, you hope to have the ending that all movies of this genre have!

The 2005 film is based on a novel written by Claire Cook.
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** Jake is wearing a tshirt with the band "TheRamones" on it.

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** Jake is wearing a tshirt t-shirt with the band "TheRamones" "Music/TheRamones" on it.
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A light romantic comedy centered on Sarah Nolan (played by Diane Lane), a preschool teacher in her 30s, who recently divorced. After a series of disastrous, but hilarious, dates she decides to swear off dating for good. Her well-meaning sister enrolls her in online dating and includes the description of "must love dogs". She does loves dogs but doesn't own one of her own, so she borrows her brother's dog to meet a blind date at a dog park. What she doesn't know is that Jake Anderson (played by JohnCusack in the movie) also had to borrow a dog. After a series of misadventures, you hope to have the ending that all movies of this genre have!

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A light romantic comedy centered on Sarah Nolan (played by Diane Lane), a preschool teacher in her 30s, who recently divorced. After a series of disastrous, but hilarious, dates she decides to swear off dating for good. Her well-meaning sister enrolls her in online dating and includes the description of "must love dogs". She does loves dogs but doesn't own one of her own, so she borrows her brother's dog to meet a blind date at a dog park. What she doesn't know is that Jake Anderson (played by JohnCusack Creator/JohnCusack in the movie) also had to borrow a dog. After a series of misadventures, you hope to have the ending that all movies of this genre have!



* SecondLove: The basic premise of the movie.

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* SecondLove: The basic premise of the movie. Sarah, a slightly embittered divorcee, ultimately falls for Jake, a guy she met from an online dating service.
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A light romantic comedy centered on Sarah Nolan (played by Diane Lane), a preschool teacher in her 30s, who recently divorced. After a series of disastrous, but hilarious, dates she decides to swear off dating for good. Her well-meaning sister enrolls her in online dating and includes the description of "must love dogs". She does loves dogs but doesn't own one of her own, so she borrows her brother's dog to meet a blind date at a dog park. What she doesn't know is that Jake Anderson (played by JohnCusack in the movie) also had to borrow a dog. After a series of misadventures, you hope to have the ending that all movies of this genre have!

The 2005 film is based on a novel written by Claire Cook.
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* BigFriendlyDog: Mother Theresa, Sarah's brother's Newfoundland (same breed as the trope pic) that is afraid of water.
* ChickFlick
* DatingServiceDisaster: Don't go to an online dating service your dad is also using.
* PetHomosexual: Sarah's best friend
* RomanticFalseLead: Bob
* SecondLove: The basic premise of the movie.
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** Jake is wearing a tshirt with the band "TheRamones" on it.
** The sisters decide to bond over the movie ''Beaches''.
* ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels: Sarah answers her own father's personal ad:
-->'''Sarah:''' This is disturbing on many levels.
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