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The Jerk Theory

Treating girls wrong never felt so right... Until he met her.

Rating 5.8 / 10Release February 5, 2009Runtime 93 min

An aspiring recording artist, Adam, is burned by a bad relationship experience and decides that if women won't respond to the "nice guy" then he'll be "the jerk." This is wildly successful with meaningless relationships, but when Adam meets and falls for Molly, who doesn't fall for his jerk routine, Adam is forced to reconsider his dating philosophy.

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