Novel Romance (2007)
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39% of users liked it
(169 ratings)
Traci Lords, Paul Johansson, Sherilyn Fenn and Mariette Hartley star in this romantic comedy. Magazine editor Max Normane (Lords) has it all: looks, brains and self-assurance. She lacks one thing she wants, though -- a baby. Hard-to-please Max wants a progeny who can edit &NFi;and&NFi_; write, so… More Traci Lords, Paul Johansson, Sherilyn Fenn and Mariette Hartley star in this romantic comedy. Magazine editor Max Normane (Lords) has it all: looks, brains and self-assurance. She lacks one thing she wants, though -- a baby. Hard-to-please Max wants a progeny who can edit &NFi;and&NFi_; write, so when egotistical but gifted author Jake Benjamin (Johansson) enters her life, she makes a Faustian bargain: Jake's sperm in return for publishing his book.
- Directed By
- Emily Skopov
- Written By
- Eddie Richey, Emily Skopov
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Dec 31, 2005 Wide
- On DVD
- Jul 31, 2007
- Studio
- Spotlight Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Prairie Miller, WBAI Web Radio
Novel Romance stands out for its memorable defiant, take-no-male-prisoners fiery female rant that peppers the script, at least initially.
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Steven Mikulan, L.A. Weekly
Nothing in the story rings true, either as a publishing fable or as a mating lesson.
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Cast
- Sherilyn Fenn
- Mariette Hartley
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Paul Johansson
as Jake Buckley
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Traci Lords
as Max Normane
- Jacqueline Piņol
- Aasha Davis
- Pia Artesona
- Tony Lee
