The Perfect Man
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Perfect Man |
| Original title | The Perfect Man |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK o. A. |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mark Rosman |
| script | Gina Wendkos |
| production |
Susan Duff Marc E. Platt Dawn Wolfrom |
| music | Christophe Beck |
| camera | John R. Leonetti |
| cut | Cara Silverman |
| occupation | |
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The Perfect Man (Alternative Reference Title: The Perfect Man ) is an American comedy film from the year 2005 . Directed by Mark Rosman , the script was written by Gina Wendkos .
action
Single parent Jean Hamilton has had a number of unsuccessful relationships. She and her two daughters move house every time they break up a relationship. Her older daughter Holly wants to prevent another move from New York . She overlooks Ben Cooper - an uncle of her friend Amy Pearl - ordering flowers for a woman. Holly then orders flowers for her mother and pretends that she has a secret admirer.
Holly communicates with her mother via the Internet and pretends to be the restaurant owner Ben. Meanwhile, she befriends the real Ben, who gives her advice on how to woo a woman. She meets Adam Forrest at school, who falls in love with her. Adam kisses Holly one day, but this leads Holly to seek distance from him because she is afraid of a bond.
Holly disrupts a wedding, believing that it is Cooper who is getting married. However, he is only friends with the bride and has organized the catering. Cooper then gets the girl to tell him the whole truth about the deception. Holly later urges her mother to move again, which she refuses and forces Holly to deal with her problem instead of fleeing.
Cooper becomes curious, wants to get to know Jean and they arrange a date.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of June 17, 2005 that the film uses the "idiotic" plot as a pretext for scenes of "terrible stupidity" ( "takes its idiotic plot and uses it as the excuse for scenes of awesome stupidity" ). The audience does not laugh because it is not proper to laugh at unfortunate people - the characters in this film are more unfortunate than in any other film because they are in this film ( “we in the audience do not laugh because it is not nice to laugh at those less fortunate than ourselves, and the people in this movie are less fortunate than the people in just about any other movie I can think of, simply because they are in it " ).
film-dienst wrote that the film was a "romantic comedy as undemanding entertainment" . With this film, the director ties in closely with his earlier film Cinderella Story .
Awards
Aria Wallace was nominated for the Young Artist Award in 2006. Hilary Duff was nominated for the Teen Choice Award and the Golden Raspberry in 2006.
backgrounds
The film was shot in New York City and Toronto . Its production amounted to an estimated 10 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 16.2 million in US cinemas. In some countries such as Germany and Italy the film was released directly on DVD.
Web links
- The Perfect Man in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Perfect Man at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The Perfect Man at Metacritic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Film review by Roger Ebert , accessed June 10, 2008
- ^ The Perfect Man in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed June 10, 2008
- ^ Filming locations for The Perfect Man , accessed June 10, 2008
- ↑ Box office / business for The Perfect Man , accessed June 10, 2008
- ↑ Release dates for The Perfect Man