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 of 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.

Premise

Jackie Laurens is a recently divorced, 40-year-old and mother of a teenage son and daughter who takes a vacation alone to Hawaii where, against her better judgment, she meets and hooks up with hunky, 27-year-old resident surf instructor Kyle Hamilton. However, what began as a one-night stand turns into love, with Jackie flying to Hawaii every chance she has to meet with her latest love interest, which is soon met with disapproval from her ex-husband, her children, and even her close friends. As time and the pressure from everyone around her to end things with Kyle pushes Jackie to her breaking point, it will only take her beau Kyle to teach her how to cope before life passes her by.

Cast

• Heather Locklear as Jackie Laurens
• Robert Buckley as Kyle Hamilton, Jackie s new Hawaiian boyfriend
• Vanessa Williams as Kristine, Jackie s best friend
• Cameron Bancroft as Daniel Laurens, Jackie s former husband
• Sam Duke as Will Laurens, Jackie and Daniel s son
• Jamie Bloch as Jessica Laurens, Jackie and Daniel s daughter
• Christy Greene as Melinda, Daniel s girlfriend
• Anne Hawthorne as Clare, Jackie s client
• Chelah Horsdal as Annie, Jackie s friend
• Stefanie von Pfetten as Nicole, Jackie s friend
• Ted Whittall as Dr. Sonnet
• James Bright as Tommy
• Thomas Meharey as Andrew

Year	2008
ReleaseDate	2008-12-06
RuntimeMins	87
RuntimeStr	1h 27min
Plot	A divorced mother approaching her 40th birthday falls for a younger man while on vacation.
Awards	Awards, 1 nomination
Directors	Mikael Salomon
Writers	Julie Margaret Hogben, Jane Porter
Stars	Heather Locklear, Robert Buckley, Vanessa Williams
Produced by	Ron Binkowski, Michael Frislev, Michael Jacobs, Lucy Mukerjee, Chad Oakes, Lynn Raynor, Robert M. Sertner, Fernando Szew, Judith Verno, Frank von Zerneck
Music by	Jeff Beal
Cinematography by	Jon Joffin
Film Editing by	Scott Vickrey
Casting By	Jackie Lind, Donna Rosenstein
Production Design by	Scott Cobb, Louise Middleton
Art Direction by	Bill Ives
Makeup Department	Lisa Ashley, DJ Colbert-Worley, Judy Durbacz, Bryan D. Furer, Chris Harrison-Glimsdale, Paula Hong, Gail Kennedy, Debra Rego, Lotus Seki
Production Management	Richard Luke Rothschild, Ian R. Smith, Cynthia Stegner
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Bernie Bonner Axelrod, Philip Chipera, Aldric La auli Porter, Joe Roddey, Michele Williams, Lorie Gibson, Michael Leder
Art Department	Alvin S. Cabrinha Jr., Michelle Coleman, Cathy Cowan, Eugene Gogowich, Paul Healy, Bill Ives, Alan McCullagh, Rick Romer, Darrell Tachibana, Ken Wills, Tom Yaremko, Jack Crowells, Scott Ejercito, Samuel Pactol, Derek Steenstra
Sound Department	David B. Cohn, Lorita de la Cerna, Bernard L. Eatmon, William Freesh, Chris Navarro, Michael Playfair, John Reynolds, Nello Torri, Jonathan Golodner, Kevin Nanaumi, Jason Oliver, Troy Porter
Special Effects by	Megz Reynolds, Leo Wieser, Rylan Faul, Lisa Godwin
Visual Effects by	Stepán Batousek, Dennis Dallen, Lukas Herrmann, Vít Komrzý, Jirí Linhart, Peter Moran, Tomas Munzar, Vit Sedlacek, Jakub Szilvasi, Jan Vseticek, David Vána, Jiri Forejt, Jan Heusler, Jana Macenauerová, Peter Nemec
Stunts	Barry Brandt, Brock Little, Todd Sells
Camera and Electrical Department	Stephen Andrich, Daniel Applegate, Ron Condon, Dean DesJarlais, Regan Enderl, Vance Gage, Mark Gerasimenko, Mike Kolafa, Scott Lisetor, Tim Milligan, Damon Moreau, Chooch Paglaro, Rick D. Schmidt, Nathan Sharpe, Chris Speers, Roger Thompson, Carey Toner, David Vernerey, Rick Crum, Michael Dymock, Chris Large, Michael Romano
Casting Department	Joe Cappelletti, Anna Fishburn, Susan Forrest, Jackie Lind, Alyson Lockwood, Damian Barret, Kendra Castleberry, Marlo Tiede
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Leslie Tufts, Linda Vollert, Jori Woodman, Brook Hesseln
Editorial Department	John Potter, Jessica Schulte
Location Management	Timmy Chinn, Ben Owens, Art Rivers, Jason Nolan
Music Department	Craig Pettigrew, Ines Yoo
Transportation Department	Richard Groder, Rene A. Poissant, Max Radford, John Reed, Doug Slupski, Kenneth Smith, Kelly Loo, George A. Miki, Mark Pestonji
Additional Crew	Terry Ahue, Dayne Ahuna, Barbara Biddle, Joy Bond, Sabina Cahtarevic, Sandi Cameron, Kim Gawryluk, Monika Hagele, Marty Hanenberg, Mele K.T. Locey, Brenda Lopez, Karen Macdonald, Carol Marie, Leslie Maynes, Brigid O Connell, Francis Padilla, Jacqui Popelka, Jennifer Sheridan, Chantal Teasdale, Neshe Delici, Serop Sam Khatchadour, Ali Lanza, Mela Lee, Scott Lepp, Nancy Mouton, Jen Sheridan, Dane Story, Tyson Wiebe
Genres	Comedy, Drama, Romance
Companies	PeaceOut Productions, Von Zerneck-Sertner Films, Nomadic Pictures
Countries	Canada, USA
Languages	English, French
ContentRating	TV-PG
ImDbRating	5.7
ImDbRatingVotes	2688
Keywords	older woman younger man relationship,man wears a swimsuit,hawaii,christmas,waterfall