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Picture Perfect

Picture Perfect

Romance · Comedy · Drama · 1997

A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.

Movie details

Picture Perfect

“She was prepared for anything until love stormed in.”

1997 Romance · Comedy · Drama 1h 45m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.5 / 10

22.1K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

44 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

46 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Glenn Gordon Caron

Written by

Paul Slansky · Arleen Sorkin · Glenn Gordon Caron · May Quigley

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston

Kate

Jay Mohr

Jay Mohr

Nick

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon

Sam

Olympia Dukakis

Olympia Dukakis

Rita

Illeana Douglas

Illeana Douglas

Darcy

Kevin Dunn

Kevin Dunn

Mr. Mercer

Anne Twomey

Anne Twomey

Sela

Court is in session

Put Picture Perfect 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.