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Cupid and Cate (2000)

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From Google Images The movie is based on the novel CUPID and DIANA by Christina Bartolomeo It stars Mary-Louise Parker and Peter Gallagher Directed by Brent Shields Written for the screen by Ron Raley and Jennifer Miller At first glance this movie is very shallow.  It has all the ingredients of a normal  movie.  One of the protagonists is in a very boring situation, which was comfortable, until that person meets the very exciting replacement.  It's so Mills & Boon or Harlequin or Silhouette novel type a story.  The book is actually wilder than the movie, but this movie has a few surprises the book didn't offer. As a Daddy's girl who still loves her mother, I couldn't relate with Cate's situation with her dad, but I could relate with her relationship with both men in her life. Just when she thought everything was coming up roses, she discovers the many, many thorns attached to the roses stems. It becomes a bit heavy, but event...