Flirting with Forty

Flirting with Forty
Promotional poster
Based onFlirting with Forty
by Jane Porter
Screenplay byJulia Dahl
Directed byMikael Salomon
Starring
ComposerJeff Beal
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerLynn Raynor
CinematographyJon Joffin
EditorScott Vickrey
Running time87 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkLifetime
ReleaseDecember 6, 2008 (2008-12-06)

Flirting with Forty is a 2008 American romantic comedy-drama television film directed by Mikael Salomon from a screenplay by Julia Dahl, based on the novel with the same name by Jane Porter. Starring Heather Locklear and Robert Buckley, the film premiered on Lifetime on December 6, 2008.

The film focuses on Jackie (Locklear), a divorced mother who travels to Hawaii for her 40th birthday and meets a young surf instructor named Kyle (Buckley). The two flirt and Kyle teaches Jackie how to surf. Complications develop because the two are living in different parts of the world.