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Dating Games People Play | |
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Directed by | Stefan Marc |
Written by | Stefan Marc |
Produced by | Stefan Marc |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Christos Bitsakos |
Edited by | Peck Prior Mark Solomon Sandy S. Solowitz |
Production company | Marc Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Dating Games People Play is a 2005 American drama film directed by Stefan Marc, starring Austin Peck and Leslie Bega.
The film premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival on 20 April 2005. [1]
Don Houston of DVD Talk rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and called it a "witty little romantic comedy". [2]
Craig Outhier of The Orange County Register called it a "cumbersome, aimless piece of low-browery". [3]
Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times called the film "entirely unnecessary" and a "generic and uninvolving portrayal of life in Newport Beach". [4]
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