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Actors: Diane Lane, John Cusack, Elizabeth Perkins
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Must Love Dogs
    Sarah Hurlihy gets divorced and lives alone in her apartment. Sarah is a preschool teacher. Sarah decided that she won't date again ever because of her tragic breakup.

    Sarah's family loves her and her family wants to set up a date for her and push her back into the dating world. Sarah's sister without asking her place a personal dating ad for her.

    Sarah's sister declares in the dating ad for her that anybody who answers that ad "must love dogs," regardless of the reality that Sarah doesn't own a dog herself.

    Sarah borrows her brothers dog when she gets an intriguing responds for the ad. Sarah gets involved with that person and they live happily ever after.

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Analysis of Must Love Dogs
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Plot
Time/era of movie: - present (2000-2010)
Romance/Love/Hugging Yes
Kind of romance: - email/letter/phone/fax relationship - matchmaker help

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - teacher/professor
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type - (woman) skinny
Events of movie makes character more... - caring
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average build
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - general circumstances

Setting
United States Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - thoughtful
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
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