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Discuss “Shopgirl hits theaters”

More realistic than the average love story, Shopgirl is one of the few romantic movies without a Cinderella ending.

Shopgirl tells the story of a young woman, Mirabelle, played by Claire Danes, whose search for love puts her on an emotional rollercoaster. Ray Porter, played by Steve Martin, is a 50-something detached divorc?e who finds himself overcome with Mirabelle?s simplistic beauty.

However, to complicate matters, Mirabelle is also courted by Ray?s polar opposite, Jeremy. Played by Jason Schwartzman, Jeremy is a rough and uncultured young man with no purpose in life until he is rejected by Mirabelle. Ray, who comes to love Mirabelle but can?t bring himself to show it, is eventually replaced in her life by Jeremy. The story begins with...

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