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The Perfect Date

The Perfect Date

Romance · Comedy · 2019

No beau? No problem! To earn money for college, a high schooler creates a dating app that lets him act as a stand-in boyfriend.

Movie details

The Perfect Date

“He's whoever you want him to be.”

2019 Romance · Comedy 1h 30m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

No beau? No problem! To earn money for college, a high schooler creates a dating app that lets him act as a stand-in boyfriend.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over The Perfect Date?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Chris Nelson

Written by

Randall Green · Steve Bloom

Noah Centineo

Noah Centineo

Brooks Rattigan

Laura Marano

Laura Marano

Celia Lieberman

Odiseas Georgiadis

Odiseas Georgiadis

Murph

Camila Mendes

Camila Mendes

Shelby Pace

Matt Walsh

Matt Walsh

Charlie Rattigan

Joe Chrest

Joe Chrest

Jerry Lieberman

Carrie Lazar

Carrie Lazar

Lillian Lieberman

Court is in session

Put The Perfect Date on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.