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Picture Perfect
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Jennifer Aniston, Jay Mohr, Kevin Bacon, Olympia Dukakis,
Illeana Douglas, Kevin Dunn
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| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
20th Century Fox
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| Web Site: |
foxmovies.com/pictureperfect/
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| Kiddie Movie: |
No nudity (but lots of cleavage), no bad language, and no
sex means no perverted fun and therefore OK for the teenager
types but I doubt the youngin's would get the entire love
stuff.
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| Date Movie: |
Unless the date is an adulterous one I'd say go for it!
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
Nope, not really.
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Violence: |
It's a romantic comedy, come on?
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| Action: |
See "violence."
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| Laughs: |
It's a tickler with a few good punches.
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| Memorable
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The dinner break-up scene.
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| Memorable
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A couple that go kinda like this: Co-worker Darcy to Kate
after explaining Kate is now "engaged": "I could throw a
little shower, you could score some pretty nice gifts." And
Kate to her mom who wondered where she was the night before:
"We had sex mommy, the really dirty kind."
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| Directed By: |
Glenn Gordon
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| Produced By: |
Erwin Stoff
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Picture Perfect
A Movie Review |
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MPAA Rated - PG-13 |
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It's 1:40 Long |
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| A Review by |
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Stu Gotz |
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Well... If it's no "Jerry Maguire," and it's
no "She's The One" (thank God), then what is it? "Picture Perfect is
simply an enjoyable romantic comedy staring the
all-too-willing-to-show-us-her-cleavage "Friends" person, Jennifer
Aniston. Unlike her previous attempts at the big screen (didn't she
play a camp counselor in a really bad, mid-80's movie?), Jennifer
actually gets some good material to act to, maybe not very original
material, but that's OK.
Here's the poop - Jennifer plays Kate Mosley, an ad agency
copyright type person in an agency where she has no upward mobility
because of her non-frivolous, single lifestyle. In order to get the
big promotion, her co-worker says Kate is actually engaged and uses a
photo of Kate and this dude Nick (Jay Mohr), whom Kate met at a
wedding, to prove it. Well, at first Kate is pissed at her co-worker,
but after she realizes she snared the promotion and gets to have an
"affair" with Sam (Kevin Bacon), she isn't as mad anymore. Not too
bad for one little white lie, huh? All is well until she has to bring
Nick to a dinner. Kate then figures this might not be so bad - she
can break off the "engagement" in front of her boss and all will be
back to normal - she got her promotion, got to sleep with Sam, and
can get her life back. Well, in the end Kate realizes that she has a
conscience and actually loves her pretend fiancé (did I
mention that she had to sucker Nick into playing his role as her
fiancé?). Oh boy, what a cliché, right? Well, like I
said, the material lacks total originality, but the actors make the
movie charming and enjoyable none the less.
How so you ask? Well for starters, Olympia Dukakis has a bit part
as Kate's mom, Rita. Boy oh boy does she ham it up - And I thought my
mom was a pain in my ass about the whole single at 30 thing. Oye!
Then there are many of the situations in the movie, like the "break
up dinner." Fabulous - I almost pissed my pants. As far as the
ending? Well, as you might expect, there is a cheesy ending where
Kate confronts her true love, Nick (who I still hate for firing poor
Jerry Maguire in one of his previous roles), and does so by
interrupting a wedding. Cute situation, but if it were my wedding I'd
be kickin' some ass! Plus, my wedding wouldn't be in a church, it
would be at the Elvis Chapel of Love in Las Vegas. Anyway, for what
the movie lacked in originality or believability, it made up for in
charm and I give "Picture Perfect" 3 1/2 of 5 stars. It was an
enjoyable movie - 'Nuff said. And I'm Stu Gotz. |
