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Sometimes your true love ends up being your first love.Plot:
An advertising executive fails to realize that the woman of his dreams is his best friend since first grade, now married to his cheating co-worker. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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E for earnest moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Frank Whaley | ... | Alan |
 | Annabeth Gish | ... | Marissa |
 | Amy Jo Johnson | ... | Tracy |
| Patrick Van Horn | ... | Mike |
| Cress Williams | ... | Ace |
 | Liz Vassey | ... | Renee |
| Alex Hyde-White | ... | Paul |
| Dawn Eason | ... | Janet |
| Jenn Gross | ... | Sally |
 | Jean Stapleton | ... | Lorraine |
| Kieran Mulroney | ... | Calvin |
| Anne-Marie Johnson | ... | Devin Quinn |
 | Michelle Krusiec | ... | Miko (as Michele Krusiec) |
 | Megan Blake | ... | Minister |
| Jessica Randle | ... | Coffee Shop Manager |
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"Pursuit of Happiness" is a little romantic comedy about a good hearted but socially inept and very average guy (Whaley) who's looking for love in all the wrong places only to find it under his nose. The end is a foregone conclusion and the plot is an old one; a knock-off of Ella Wheeler Wilcox's classic poem "Love's Coming". However, there is fun and enjoyment to be found in the story which is all about a group of young adults, their jobs, relationships, and pursuits of happiness with Whaley and Gish at the forefront as hapless romantics and "blood brothers" on a collision course with destiny. No blockbuster, "Pursuit..." eeks out marginal success with some fresh ideas and an easy buy-in owing to the averageness of the characters. For romantic comedy junkies only. (C)