The Jerk Theory

Feb 5, 2009

1h 33m

★ 5.8

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

PolarStar Entertainment

Polarstar Pictures

The Jerk Theory Trailers

Cast

Adam

Josh Henderson

Molly

Jenna Dewan

Father Bailey

Tom Arnold

Amy

Lauren Storm

Chester

Derek Lee Nixon

Clinton

Jesse Heiman

Dudley

Anthony Gaskins

Marc Dixon

Abraham Taylor

Cynthia

Jaci Twiss

Self

Danny Bonaduce

Terry

Sara Jade Woodhouse

Cecil the Sophomore

Chris Laird

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