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The Perfect Man (2005)

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Reviews Counted:8

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Average Rating:2.6/10

Consensus: Mechanical, preposterous and predictable, The Perfect Man is a lifeless, occasionally creepy movie that gives romantic comedies a bad name.

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Family Interaction, Romance, Teenage, Love Story, Parents

Synopsis: In The Perfect Man, teenager Holly Hamilton (Hilary Duff) is tired of moving every time her single mom Jean (Heather Locklear) has another personal meltdown involving yet another second-rate guy.... In The Perfect Man, teenager Holly Hamilton (Hilary Duff) is tired of moving every time her single mom Jean (Heather Locklear) has another personal meltdown involving yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man...an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean and boost her shaky self-esteem. When the virtual relationship takes off, Holly finds herself having to produce the suitor, borrowing her friend's charming and handsome Uncle Ben (Chris Noth) as the face behind the e-mails, notes and gifts. Holly must resort to increasingly desperate measures to keep the ruse alive and protect her mom's newfound happiness. . . almost missing the real perfect man when he does come along. The Perfect Man stars Hilary Duff (The Lizzie McGuire Movie), Heather Locklear (Uptown Girls), Chris Noth (television's Sex and the City), Mike O'Malley (28 Days), Ben Feldman (When Do We Eat?), Vanessa Lengies (television's American Dreams) and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's Carson Kressley. The screenplay is written by Gina Wendkos (The Princess Diaries), based on a story by Michael McQuown & Heather Robinson & Katherine Torpey; the film is produced by Marc Platt (Legally Blonde), Dawn Wolfrom (Never Again) and Susan Duff (A Cinderella Story), and executive-produced by Billy Higgins (Honey). [More]

Starring: Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear, Chris Noth, Mike O'Malley

Starring: Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear, Chris Noth, Mike O'Malley, Vanessa Lengies, Aria Wallace, Ben Feldman

Director: Mark Rosman

Director: Mark Rosman
Screenwriter: Gina Wendkos
Story: Michael McQuown, Heather Robinson, Katherine Torpey
Producer: Marc Platt, Dawn Wolfrom, Susan Duff
Composer: Christophe Beck
Studio: Universal Pictures

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None of the leads convince or engage, and supporting characters are either gay stereotypes, routine little sisters or functional best friends.

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06/24/06
Anna Smith
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The occasional one-liner is wasted amid a sea of clichés and preposterous situations in this Duff vehicle that forgot to put the romance in romantic comedy.

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04/01/06
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Everything bad about teen chick flicks is encapsulated in The Perfect Man.

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08/23/05
Stella Papamichael
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BBC
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[The] situation is mined mostly for mild chuckles and tepid sentiment.

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06/20/05
Joe Leydon
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Variety
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An audience has to buy that Locklear's character, Jean Hamilton, gets dumped by every guy she dates. And whenever this happens, she immediately moves her family to another part of the continent.

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06/17/05
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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The Perfect Man takes its idiotic plot and uses it as the excuse for scenes of awesome stupidity.

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06/17/05
Roger Ebert
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Seriously, the perfect man would call social services.

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06/16/05
Carina Chocano
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Los Angeles Times
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The flimsy new Hilary Duff comedy toys with the notion of mother-daughter role reversal.

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06/16/05
Stephen Holden
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New York Times
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