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Definitely, Maybe is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Adam Brooks released in USA on 14 february 2008 with Ryan Reynolds
Definitely, Maybe (2008)
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Add to a movie listDefinitely, Maybe is a 2008 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Adam Brooks, and starring Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz, Elizabeth Banks, Abigail Breslin and Kevin Kline. Set in New York City during the 1990s, the film is about a political consultant who tries to help his eleven-year-old daughter understand his impending divorce by telling her the story of his past romantic relationships and how he ended up marrying her mother.
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Will Hayes (Ryan Reynolds) is a 38-year-old father who is in the midst of a divorce. After her first sex-ed class, his 10-year-old daughter Maya (Abigail Breslin) insists on hearing the story of how her parents met. Will gives in, but decides to change the names and some of the facts relating to the various love affairs of his youth, thereby creating a love mystery; Maya is left guessing which of the women will turn out to be her mother. The story he tells Maya is depicted in long flashbacks. From time to time the film switches back to the present, where Maya comments (often disdainfully) and asks questions.Actors
Ryan Reynolds
(Will Hayes)
Isla Fisher
(April)
Abigail Breslin
(Maya Hayes)
Elizabeth Banks
(Emily)
Rachel Weisz
(Summer Hartley)
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