Meet Market (film)

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Meet Market
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Directed byCharlie Loventhal
Written byCharlie Loventhal
Produced byPam Auer
Scott Valentine
Starring Krista Allen
Elizabeth Berkley
Susan Egan
Julian McMahon
Missi Pyle
Alan Tudyk
Aisha Tyler
CinematographySteven Fierberg
Edited byGreg D'Auria
Music byDavid Robbins
Distributed bySeedsman Group
Release date
  • January 29, 2004 (2004-01-29)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Meet Market is a 2004 film directed by Charlie Loventhal and starring Alan Tudyk, Krista Allen, Elizabeth Berkley, Laurie Holden and Julian McMahon. The movie is a comedy about singles in Los Angeles who attempt to find love in the aisles of a supermarket. The film was released directly to DVD on February 12, 2008. The title is a play on the vulgar slang of "meat market" which refers to bars and clubs where singles go to find a partner for one-night stands with zero emotional attachment,

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