A freelance writer looking for romance sells a story to Cosmopolitan magazine about finding love in the workplace and goes undercover at a Finance Company.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Hilary Duff | ... | Lane Daniels | |
| Chris Carmack | ... | Liam | |
| Michael McMillian | ... | Tom Reinhart | |
| Amanda Walsh | ... | Joanne | |
| Kevin Kirkpatrick | ... | John | |
| Jennifer Coolidge | ... | Alicia | |
| Matt Dallas | ... | Seth | |
| James McDaniel | ... | Mr. Belmont | |
| Jaime Pressly | ... | Kate White | |
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Brandi Coleman | ... | French Model |
| Lyle Brocato | ... | Waiter | |
| Alix Angelis | ... | Aspiring Assistant | |
| Carol Sutton | ... | Recruiter | |
| Courtney James Clark | ... | Margo (as Courtney J. Clark) | |
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Tarik Naim Alherimi | ... | Rodrigo (as Tarik Alherimi) |
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Lane is looking for her "magic man". A man who has all of the attributes that are on her checklist. In the meantime she finally hears her calling when a job opportunity presents itself in the form of Cosmo magazine. After failing to impress the editor they head out of the office when they begin talking men. There Lane (Hillary Duff) has the idea to combine dating and work place. After causing a blackout at her job interview she lands the job in an office to begin her undercover work. After dating several co-workers she happens to spill her drink on a "magic man candidate" Liam. However her boss isn't impress by the direction she tries to take her story and tries to get her to stop dating Liam. Written by Anonymous
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job interview | freelance writer | reference to paris france | reference to anne hathaway | business life |Taglines:
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18 April 2010 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Lane: There's no such thing as perfection. Love is for people who are realistic and smart enough to open up their heart and ...
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Written & Performed by Rupert Pope (as Sly Silver) & Reece Gilmore (as Sir Realist)
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Based on the novel 'DIARY OF A WORKING GIRL A New York adventure somewhere between the style section' by Daniella Brodsky. See more »Goofs
Right after Lane first meets Whitney, there's a boom mic visible at the top of the screen, but only for a second. See more »Quotes
Lane: Love just doesn't happen to girls like me; girls who build their hopes on an intricate web of day dreams. The truth is that everyone has issues and maybe building up a fake, perfect man in my mind was my biggest issue of all. I've been walking around with the ghost of my magic man. He's been haunting me, keeping me from a world of opportunities that were right in front of me...Lane: There's no such thing as perfection. Love is for people who are realistic and smart enough to open up their heart and ...
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Written & Performed by Rupert Pope (as Sly Silver) & Reece Gilmore (as Sir Realist)
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"Lane Daniels" (Hillary Duff) is an aspiring young writer living in New York City who finds it hard to meet single, young men. As luck would have it her roommate "Joanne" (Amanda Walsh) just happens to know somebody at Cosmo Magazine who wants an article written about dating within the business world and so Lane decides to accept the job assignment and goes undercover working for a financial firm on Wall Street. One condition however is that she can only date men wearing suits who work in the business world. Little does she know that she is about to meet the man of her dreams and he doesn't meet this qualification. This creates a real dilemma for her. Now rather than reveal any more of this film and risk ruining it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that for a "made-for-television" romantic-comedy this particular movie wasn't too bad. Admittedly, while I would have preferred more comedy and less romance, the performance of Hillary Duff was sufficient to keep the movie somewhat enjoyable and because of that I rate it as about average.