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Not Another Happy Ending(2013)
Status: Released
Date: 2013-10-11
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131 Votes
Time: 1h 42m
Sometimes love needs a re-write.
Overview:
When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked, he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. With her newfound success, she's become too happy and she can't write when she's happy. The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realizes he's in love with her.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
British Film Company
Movie: Not Another Happy Ending
Top 10 Billed Cast
Karen Gillan
Jane Lockhart
Stanley Weber
Tom Duval
Iain De Caestecker
Roddy
Henry Ian Cusick
Willie
Kate Dickie
Anne Lefevre
Amy Manson
Darsie
Freya Mavor
Nicola Ball
Gary Lewis
Benny Lockhart
Niall Greig Fulton
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