The Perfect Guy

Name: The Perfect Guy
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: September 11, 2015
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 36
Cast: Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut, Sanaa Lathan

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Screen Gems | Release Date: September 11, 2015 | PG-13

Starring: Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut, Sanaa Lathan

Summary: After a painful breakup, successful lobbyist Leah Vaughn (Sanaa Lathan) jumps into a passionate relationship with a charming stranger (Michael Ealy). When her ex-boyfriend (Morris Chestnut) resurfaces in her life she has to figure out who she should trust and who she should fear.

Director: David M. Rosenthal

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 100 min

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Kyle Anderson

Sep 11, 2015

For all its third act nuttiness, The Perfect Guy really should have gone way crazier. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Sep 12, 2015

It uses convention to its advantage through an intriguing play with casting choices and bizarrely effective allusions to film history. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Christy Lemire

Sep 17, 2015

Nothing nearly so wacky or grotesque goes down in this romantic thriller, but you’ll wish it would. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Sep 11, 2015

The kind of movie you keep wishing would just cut loose and go off the deep end. Nobody goes to these "Fatal Attraction" retreads anymore for serious drama. But this one is a movie torn — too grim and self-important to go truly nuts, but too silly and slipshod to work on a more somber level. Read full review

Nick Schager

Sep 11, 2015

Despite an appealing trio of leads, it seems likely to entice only those with an unquenchable thirst for thriller cliches. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Sep 15, 2015

The cast is solid, game, competent. And the you can’t fault an audience for seeking a little female victimhood/female empowerment in their romantic thrillers. Read full review

Eddie Goldberger

Sep 11, 2015

It’s a lazy, by-the-numbers bore. Read full review

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damman

Sep 18, 2015

If you go to other sites like Yahoo movies or google 8/10 people say this movie is great. You guys are full of bleep and you know it. I can tell you it's not a boring movie and it's has a great story-line If you're going to give this great movie a 2 or bad score you haven't seen this movieIf you go to other sites like Yahoo movies or google 8/10 people say this movie is great. You guys are full of bleep and you know it. I can tell you it's not a boring movie and it's has a great story-line If you're going to give this great movie a 2 or bad score you haven't seen this movie and you need to get a life and start telling the truth about a great movie.… Expand

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lukechristiansc

Mar 4, 2016

"The Perfect Guy" is a guilty-pleasure type of movie it's a predictable film of course but thanks to it's gorgeous cast, this movie couldn't be more entertaining. Michael Ealy's as the villain is captivating, after his work on the television show The Following and Think Like A Man franchise"The Perfect Guy" is a guilty-pleasure type of movie it's a predictable film of course but thanks to it's gorgeous cast, this movie couldn't be more entertaining. Michael Ealy's as the villain is captivating, after his work on the television show The Following and Think Like A Man franchise including About Last Night, I think he has a lot more in him, then were used to seeing him in these romantic-comedies. Sanaa Lathan plays Leah Vaughn, a lobbyist, who has a successful career. She has a boyfriend Dave (played by Morris Chestnut), she breaks up with him because she wants to be married and have kids, but he's not ready. She breaks up with him, she's heartbroken until she meets the charming and handsome Carter Duncan (Michael Ealy). Their relationship goes horribly wrong, he's obsessed with her, forcing Leah to turn the tables on the man who was Mr. Right. Lathan's performance was okay, Chestnut was good and the best part of this movie was Ealy. Look I didn't really care for the characters, I felt like the story was silly, but Lathan makes it work. 4 out of 5 stars… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

NickLikesMovies

Sep 29, 2015

A slightly better, but not as hilariously awful version of "The Boy Next Door". Weak writing, acting, and directing sink this overplayed premise straight down. It's messy, boring, and no fun to watch.

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nosma

Feb 23, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Right from the first appearance Ealy is so creepy it's hard to imagine how the accomplished character played by Lathan can miss that. He is also somewhat detached right from the beginning with no indication whatsoever that he is obssessed with Lathan. Chestnut is just forgettable. Ridiculous movie. Waste of time.… Expand

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TheKavehJ

Sep 13, 2015

I was bored the whole time. Even the other people in the theatre seemed bored. Half of the audience was on their phones, while the other half were making jokes about how bad the movie was. This movie was a true disappointment.

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Thegodfatherson

Sep 16, 2015

The Perfect Guy. Wow. That's twice September has dropped these "box office bombs" on us. The plot is about a woman who gets creepily stalked by her ex. That is the way to put it. If you remember Micheal Ealy looking through her house in the trailer, that scene was heavily edited to make itThe Perfect Guy. Wow. That's twice September has dropped these "box office bombs" on us. The plot is about a woman who gets creepily stalked by her ex. That is the way to put it. If you remember Micheal Ealy looking through her house in the trailer, that scene was heavily edited to make it seem intense. There was nothing cool or intense about the whole movie, it was boring and rushed and going places I didn't even know. There is a line between terrible and bad, and their is another line before terrible, which is the definition of The Perfect Guy.… Expand

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Sapra6

Sep 11, 2015

May be because,I watched this movie after "The Visit".I really felt bored because the movie is really serious and is more of drama than a Thriller.I would not recommend this movie to a friend.

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