Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Latest
    • Thank You
    • 4000. Scenes From A Marriage (1973)
    • 3999. The Pianist (2002)
    • 3998. Philadelphia (1993)
    • 3997. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
    • 3996. The Green Mile (1999)
    • 3995. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
    • 3994. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
    The Mad Movie Man
    • Home
    • Blog
      • All Posts
      • Best Of The Year
        • Best Of 2015
        • Best Of 2016
        • Best Of 2017
        • Best Of 2018
        • Best Of 2019
        • Best Of 2020
        • Best Of 2021
        • Best Of 2022
      • The Decade In Review
      • Box Office Analysis
      • James Bond
      • Oscars
      • RANKED
      • Star Wars
      • The Big Questions
      • Top 10
      • World Cinema
    • Ratings
      • Top 250
      • Top 100 Foreign Films
      • Bottom 50
      • 0 – 1.9
      • 2 – 3.9
      • 4 – 5.9
      • 6 – 7.9
      • 8 – 10
    • Genres
      • Action
      • Anthology
      • Animation
      • Christmas
      • Comedy
      • Crime
      • Documentary
      • Drama
      • Fantasy
      • Film-Noir
      • History
      • Horror
      • Kids’
      • Musical
      • Psychological
      • Romance
      • Sci-Fi
      • Short
      • Silent
      • Sport
      • Superhero
      • Survival
      • Thriller
      • Western
    • Release Year
      • 2020s
      • 2010s
      • 2000s
      • 1990s
      • 1980s
      • 1970s
      • 1960s
      • 1950s
      • 1940s
      • 1930s
      • 1920s
    • Country
      • Afghanistan
      • Argentina
      • Australia
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Brazil
      • Cambodia
      • Canada
      • Chile
      • China
      • Colombia
      • Costa Rica
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Czech Republic
      • Denmark
      • East Timor
      • Faroe Islands
      • Finland
      • France
      • Germany
      • Georgia
      • Greece
      • Hong Kong
      • Hungary
      • Iceland
      • India
      • Indonesia
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Ireland
      • Israel
      • Italy
      • Japan
      • Latvia
      • Lebanon
      • Laos
      • Malaysia
      • Mexico
      • New Zealand
      • Nigeria
      • North Korea
      • Norway
      • Paraguay
      • Peru
      • Philippines
      • Poland
      • Romania
      • Russia
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Singapore
      • South Korea
      • South Africa
      • Soviet Union
      • Spain
      • Sweden
      • Switzerland
      • Syria
      • Taiwan
      • Thailand
      • Turkey
      • Uganda
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • Uruguay
      • Vietnam
      • Zambia
    • About
    The Mad Movie Man
    You are at:Home»Review»797. Picture Perfect (1997)

    797. Picture Perfect (1997)

    0
    By The Mad Movie Man on December 28, 2014 100-109 mins, 1997, 4 - 5.9, Comedy, Dec 14, Movies Of 2014, Review, Romance, United States
    4.3 Horrible
    • Acting 4.3
    • Directing 4.7
    • Story 4.0
    • User Ratings (0 Votes) 0

    Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Bacon, Jay Mohr

    Director: Glenn Gordon Caron

    Running Time: 105 mins


    Picture Perfect is an American film about a woman who, in an attempt to impress her boss, enlists the help of a man she just met to pretend to be engaged to her, however extreme complications arise when the plan doesn’t go quite as expected.

    This is a painfully generic and unfunny rom-com. In terms of the comedy, there is barely any worth enjoying; I laughed once. In terms of the romance, there’s a whole lot more of that, and if you’re into a totally preposterous and idiotic story, then this is perfect for you, however for anyone else, this is just too soppy and unbelievable a romance to ever make you want to even try to be interested, making for extreme boredom and frustration while watching this movie.

    There is one thing that actually rises above all of those problems, however, and that’s the characters. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the actors’ performances (although because it was so badly written a film they often did sound like they were phoning it in a bit), however every single character in this film is preposterously idiotic and deeply dislikeable.

    From the start, everyone in this film have these really weird philosophies on life, all thinking that you should lie to others to get your own way, or that rather than work really hard to succeed, you just have to wait a long time, which just annoyed me beyond belief, and then, even when we have the supposedly ‘nice’ guy turn up, he’s as creepy as anyone, meaning that there was no-one who I wanted to support at all in this film, which is always a horribly boring experience.

    Anyway, away from the characters, I also hated the story in this film. If you’ve seen Just Go With It, you’ll know exactly what the plot is here, because that’s just a carbon copy of this. However, Just Go With It was so stupid that it was almost acceptable to be a little unrealistic, and as a result it didn’t feel too preposterous a story, whereas this tries really really hard to be a genuinely emotional and heartbreaking romance (with failed attempts to throw comedy in every now and then), and that’s why the implausibility of its story really makes it fall flat on its face even worse.

    So, overall, this gets a 4.3, due to every character being horrible as hell, a total lack of decent comedy and a ridiculously unbelievable plot that really annoyed me.

    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    The Mad Movie Man
    • Website
    • Facebook
    • Twitter

    The Mad Movie Man, AKA Anthony Cullen, writes articles and reviews about movies and the world of cinema. From January 1st, 2013 to December 31st, 2022, he watched and reviewed a movie every day. This is the blog dedicated to the project: www.madmovieman.com

    Related Posts

    8.2

    4000. Scenes From A Marriage (1973)

    7.8

    3999. The Pianist (2002)

    8.2

    3998. Philadelphia (1993)

    Follow Me Online!
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
    • Tumblr
    New Releases
    8.2
    December 25, 2022

    3994. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

    5.6
    December 10, 2022

    3969. Falling For Christmas (2022)

    6.9
    December 4, 2022

    3956. The People We Hate At The Wedding (2022)

    5.4
    December 3, 2022

    3954. Disenchanted (2022)

    7.4
    December 3, 2022

    3953. Meet Cute (2022)

    7.6
    November 23, 2022

    3934. Do Revenge (2022)

    7.0
    November 18, 2022

    3929. The Wonder (2022)

    6.7
    November 13, 2022

    3924. See How They Run (2022)

    Recommended Movies
    8.2
    Review
    February 21, 20140

    461. RoboCop (1987)

    8.3
    Review
    August 15, 20160

    1452. Song Of The Sea (2014)

    8.4
    Review
    September 15, 20130

    285. Rush (2013)

    8.1
    Review
    June 14, 20190

    2584. Murder Mystery (2019)

    8.0
    Review
    June 18, 20140

    594. All About Eve (1950)

    Popular Posts
    December 31, 2022

    Thank You

    8.2
    December 31, 2022

    4000. Scenes From A Marriage (1973)

    7.8
    December 30, 2022

    3999. The Pianist (2002)

    8.2
    December 29, 2022

    3998. Philadelphia (1993)

    7.5
    December 28, 2022

    3997. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

    9.1
    December 27, 2022

    3996. The Green Mile (1999)

    7.6
    December 26, 2022

    3995. Doctor Zhivago (1965)

    © 2023 ThemeSphere. Designed by ThemeSphere.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.