Criminally Contrived Cinema
- Title: Failure to Launch
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A man meets a woman through a wager, bet, or dare or has some secret that can’t be shared. The two actually do fall for each other (these contrived film couples somehow always have 100% compatibility) but just as they are expressing their true love the reality of the bet, dare, or secret is exposed and the characters are forced to part for about 20 minutes of screen time when their mutual friends come up with a plan to trick them into getting back together. It always works and the couple lives happily ever after.
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