THE PERFECT MAN

'''The Perfect Man''' is a 2005 romantic comedy drama film directed by Mark Rosman and written by Gina Wendkos. It stars Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear and Chris Noth. It is rated PG for some mildly suggestive content. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics and did not live up to box office expectations making little above $19,000,000 worlwide.
'''Tagline''': The story of a family that wanted it all. Never settle.

Contents

Plot

Filming Facts

Cast

Awards and nominations

External links

Plot

Single mother Jean (Heather Locklear) moves every time she gets her heart broken by another guy, much to the dismay of her teenager daughter, Holly (Hilary Duff). Holly devises a plan to invent a secret admirer for her mother, so she'll be happy and stop moving. Holly overhears her friend Amy's (Vanessa Lengies) uncle Ben (Chris Noth) ordering flowers for a woman, and decides to use his advice on women (which she acquires by telling him she needs help for a school project on romance). Following Ben's advice, she sends her mother orchids and other gifts and love notes, and is soon communicating with her mother as this fictitious admirer (who Holly names Ben) via the internet. As her mother becomes more interested, Holly has to find a photo of this admirer (she sends one of the real Ben), and then devise a reason they can't meet in person (she claims he is working in China). Holly has one sister named Zoe Hamilton, (Aria Wallace).
While she is developing the cyber romance between her mother and fake Ben, and preventing her mother and the real Ben from meeting in person, she finds herself drawn to a cute, artistic boy in her class, Adam (Ben Feldman), but is unwilling to get close to anyone due to her history of being uprooted and having to say goodbye so often.
As the charade continues, and as Holly spends more time with Ben while picking his brain for romance tips, she slowly begins to see qualities in Ben which make her believe he is her mother's 'perfect man.' Unfortunately there is no way her mother can ever meet the real Ben without Holly's plan being exposed. When Holly mistakenly believes Ben is marrying someone else, she disrupts the wedding to tell Ben he should be with her mother - not noticing he is there because the bride was his dear friend and he was catering the wedding. An angry Ben follows her out and makes her tell him the full story. Holly then goes to her mother and admits the truth, begging for them to move again. Her mother is humiliated and wants to stay, but Holly tells her to leave this once for ''Holly''. She says that she always has to move for her mom. Her mom can't argue with that so they start to pack.
One night, Jean logs onto the internet with Holly's screen name and talks to Adam. Adam, thinking it's Holly, says that her mom is setting a bad example, getting up and leaving when things get bad. Jean takes this so badly, she decides to stay, finding a new job and for once trying to rebuild her life without running away. Meanwhile Ben is intrigued by what Holly told him about her mother, and with Holly's help, Jean and Ben finally meet and Jean finds her 'perfect man' at last. Holly also seems on the road to her perfect man, as now she has some stability in her life, she finally opens up and admits her feelings for Adam.

Filming Facts

★ Carson Kressley missed two days of shooting on his reality makeover show, ''Queer Eye'', due to filming on ''The Perfect Man'' overrunning. ''Queer Eye'' explained his absence by claiming the fashion expert was busy shopping.

★ The film was based on screenwriter Heather Robinson life in Tucson, Arizona.

Cast

★ Hilary Duff as Holly Hamilton

★ Heather Locklear as Jean Hamilton

★ Chris Noth as Ben Cooper

★ Mike O'Malley as Lenny Horton

★ Aria Wallace as Zoe Hamilton

★ Caroline Rhea as Gloria

★ Vanessa Lengies as Amy Pearl

★ Ben Feldman as Adam

★ Carson Kressley as Lance

Awards and nominations

=== 2006 Teen Choice Awards ===

★ Best Actress Comedy (Hilary Duff) - (The Perfect Man & Cheaper By The Dozen 2)
=== 2005 Golden Raspberry Awards ===

★ Worst Actress (Hilary Duff) - (The Perfect Man & Cheaper By The Dozen 2)

External links

★ Official site

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★ ''The Perfect Man'' at Metacritic