Halley Martin doesn't believe in storybook romance and thinks love just complicates friendships until she meets Macon (Trent Ford) the one boy who is able to break through her fears and allow her to experience real love for the first time. Mandy Moore stars as Halley Martin in the summer's chick-flick "How To Deal" by New Line Cinema, Moore plays teenager who has become very skeptical of love and what it means after seeing her …showed first 75 words of 1483 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1483 total… "how to deal" with life in this film. Everything and everyone in the film had something right and something wrong with them. There were no perfect people and I think the film successfully advanced its message because of this. The hero's journey for Halley was one most high school students go through. You think you've found yourself, but something that happens and knock you down. Then you're left with the decision "How To Deal".