2005 · comedy · drama · family
The Perfect Man
Directed by Mark Rosman1h 40m2005
Holly is tired of moving every time her mom Jean breaks up with 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 self-esteem.
Our read: The Perfect Man (2005) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama · family entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- intimate
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