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Jane Wants a Boyfriend (2015)

Jane Wants a Boyfriend poster
Directed by
William Sullivan
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman with Asperger's Syndrome looks for a boyfriend. Her older sister helps her navigate dating and relationships.

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What happens

Jane Wants a Boyfriend is a 2015 American romantic comedy drama film directed by William C. Sullivan and written by Jarret Kerr. Starring Louisa Krause, Eliza Dushku, Gabriel Ebert, and Amir Arison, the film follows Jane (Krause), a woman with Asperger's Syndrome who is searching for a boyfriend with the help of her older sister, Bianca (Dushku). Jane Wants a Boyfriend premiered at the Napa Valley Film Festival on November 11, 2015, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 25, 2016, to negative reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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