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Must Love Dogs

Must Love Dogs

The hardest trick is making them stay.

20055.91h 38m

Overview

Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning family. As she braves a series of hilarious disastrous mismatches and first dates, Sarah begins to trust her own instincts again and learns that, no matter what, it's never a good idea to give up on love.

Directed by Gary David Goldberg
Written by Claire Cook, Gary David Goldberg
Produced by Gary David Goldberg, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd
Box OfficeBudget: $30.0MRevenue: $58.4M

Top Cast

Diane Lane

Diane Lane

Sarah

John Cusack

John Cusack

Jake

Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Perkins

Carol

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Bill

Dermot Mulroney

Dermot Mulroney

Bob

Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

Dolly

Ali Hillis

Ali Hillis

Christine

Brad William Henke

Brad William Henke

Leo

Julie Gonzalo

Julie Gonzalo

June

Glenn Howerton

Glenn Howerton

Michael

Themes & Keywords

sibling relationshipmake a matchteacherdatingdogdivorced womanschool teacherpersonal adonline datingdivorced mandating woes

About Must Love Dogs

Must Love Dogs is a romance, comedy film released in 2005 exploring themes of sibling relationship, make a match, teacher, dating, dog, divorced woman. Directed by Gary David Goldberg, it stars Diane Lane, John Cusack, Elizabeth Perkins. Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning family. As she braves a series of hilarious disastrous mismatches and first dates, Sarah begins to trust her own instincts again and learns that, no matter what, it's never a good idea to give up on love.

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