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{{Infobox film
| name = How to Deal
| image = How to deal poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Clare Kilner]]
| writer = [[Neena Beber]]
| based_on = {{basedon|''[[That Summer (Dessen novel)|That Summer]]'' and ''[[Someone like You (novel)|Someone like You]]''|[[Sarah Dessen]]}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Mandy Moore]]
* [[Allison Janney]]
* [[Trent Ford]]
* [[Alexandra Holden]]
* [[Dylan Baker]]
* [[Peter Gallagher]]
}}
| producer = {{ubl|Erica Huggins|William Teitler}}
| music    = [[David Kitay]]
| cinematography = Eric Alan Edwards
| editing = {{ubl|Shawna Callahan|Janice Hampton}}
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Radar Pictures]]
* [[Chris Van Allsburg|Golden Mean Productions]]
}} | distributor = {{Plainlist|
* [[New Line Cinema]] (United States)
* [[Focus Features]] (International)
}}
| budget = $16 million
| gross= $14.3 million	
| released = {{Film date|2003|07|18}}
| runtime = 101 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}

'''''How to Deal''''' is a 2003 American [[romance film|romantic]] [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Clare Kilner]] and starring [[Mandy Moore]], [[Allison Janney]], and [[Trent Ford]]. The film is based on [[Sarah Dessen]]'s novels ''[[That Summer (Dessen novel)|That Summer]]'' and ''[[Someone like You (novel)|Someone like You]]''.