See Jane Date
August. 16,2003 PGWhen editor Jane Grant receives a plus-one invitation to her cousin's wedding, she finds herself in a predicament. To one-up her old high school rival Natasha Nutley, Jane tells her about her perfect, charming and handsome boyfriend -- except he isn't real. Catching word of her "boyfriend," Jane's intrusive Aunt Ida demands he make an appearance at the wedding. Now, Jane must go on every date she can snag to find a man who fits the bill.
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I love this movie so much
Beautiful, moving film.
Absolutely the worst movie.
Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
Jane (Charisma Carpenter) is an associate editor for a New York City publishing firm called Blush. Being an associate means doing a lot of work, for little glory, and living in a small, unglamorous, lower east side apartment. She approaches her boss one day and asks to be considered for a promotion. He responds by giving her a key assignment. If Jane can produce a winning book with an ex-Hollywood starlet, she'll get her raise. Trouble is, the starlet was once a classmate of Jane's, where they both competed for class office. The starlet won when she opted for a halter top wardrobe. So, there's that. Jane is also dealing with being a bridesmaid for a cousin's wedding and having no boyfriend to bring to the event. Yet, when push comes to shove, Jane tells everyone concerned that she IS dating a doctor and that he will be her guest. Wonder of wonders, she does stumble across a nice looking doc named Timothy (Antonio Sabato, Jr.) who seems just right for her situation. Will everything soon be hunky-dory for Jane? This is lovely film for those fans of light, romantic comedy. The beautiful Carpenter makes Jane an intelligent, talented, charming creature who deserves the best possible ending. Junior plays his pivotal role nicely, too and he is, well, gorgeous. The rest of the cast, although mostly unknowns, is very fine as well. The look of the film is quite wonderful, as the costumes and Manhattan setting exude polish and loveliness. In short, if you are in the mood for a nicely done romcom, do try this one. See how satisfied you are after a showing.
I was happily surprised by this made-for-TV movie. At first, the annoying jingles playing on the background in every scene really got on my nerves and distracted from the movie itself, but when one got used to that (learned to ignore it) the movie turned out to be a relatively thoughtful piece on the developing friendship between two women. The bits about dating difficulties actually started to seem a secondary plot, although they provided some funny moments too (not so thoughtful, though). I would have welcomed some less screen time given to the dating aspects and more to the description of the friendship.Charisma Carpenter was great in her lead role, but Holly Marie Combs was not too bad either.
Did you know that this is a book?? It's a really great book. A TV movie couldn't possibly do it justice. The book made me laugh so hard, and parts of it are definitely to risky for a TV movie. But a real movie... well, that's what should have been done. READ THE BOOK!!! Then you'll see that someone like Sandra Bullock could portray Jane sooo much better on the big screen - you'll also see why this hilarious, touching and romantic book should be made into something that gets a large audience and rave reviews! I wish this was a real big-screen movie, it'd be soo great... well, I write screenplays in my spare time, maybe I'll make it happen? Good luck to me. But seriously, if you didn't like the TV movie, or even if you loved it, read the book... no TV movie could ever do it justice!
Charisma Carpenter manages a solid showing in a slightly above average relationship/female empowerment film. (As a guy) I would have to characterize this as a "Chick Flick" and actually found myself fast forwarding through a number of parts. Fans of Charisma's from "Buffy" and "Angel" should feel vindicated by her appearance in another genre, and hope for more to follow. For those who are not big fans of Carpenter or Combs the movie is probably not worth the time, as it drags on for two hours what could have been accomplished in only one.