The Perfect Guy
The Perfect Guy
PG-13 | 11 September 2015 (USA)
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With a fulfilling career and a loving relationship, lobbyist Leah Vaughn seems to have it all. Things come crashing down when Dave, her long-term boyfriend, disagrees with her future plans for marriage and a family. The resulting painful breakup leaves Leah heartbroken, until she meets the charming and handsome Carter Duncan. Soon, the budding romance turns dangerous as Carter reveals his volatile nature, forcing Leah to break up with the man she thought was Mr. Right. She soon realizes that Carter doesn't want to let her go.

Reviews
LastingAware The greatest movie ever!
StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.
NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!
Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good
Leon B A friend recommended I watch the movie, said it's good. I'll admit, I'm a tough critic, yet I'll always state my claim and justify my decisions. I'm also a techie, so you'll get to see why the movie falls short.The movie starts out great, the love/romance, leading up to the disagreements, reasons for disagreements as well as an ultimatum is nearly perfect. Next comes a seemingly better option for the distressed female star.Jumping from a seemingly broken relationship, to a nearly "Perfect Guy", she thought she was surely in for the best of what life has to offer. Jumping into quickly opening up her life to her new found love, she begins to see just how wrong things are. This is where things take a turn for the worse, and the thrilling parts of the movie begins.Issue #1: The problem of the key: The main character and even the police took way too long to ask about a possible key to get into her house. She knows she doesn't have a hidden camera, so how did a video from that angle get recorded? Issue #2: Problem of the stalker's apartment: No real smart tech person is going to have hacking gear at his apartment. Especially when hacking. This stupidity in movie making must stop. Leased connections can easily be traced, show something realistic, like using public WiFi, a disposable laptop, etc. Issue #3: Problem of a search warrant: After the main character's video got leaked from her email, with a suspect already questioned, a court order should have been obtained to search his apartment. Issue #4: The ex boyfriend coming back in her life was good, however lacked substance. They should have discussed relationship goals going forward, I don't believe that was laid out clearly.Issue #5: The fight scene at the end was absurd, in my humble opinion. She could have shot him with the non-lethal bullets in the bathroom and then shoot him. Her bright idea of a struggle, lose the gun, then get it back is a terrible idea at best. He could have shot her after taking the gun. If the above issues were corrected, I'd think this movie would be much better. Non-the-less, it was a good watch, can't take it all away.
Deathrow_nzl For those of us that watched the Following Michael Ealy basically plays the exact same character in the Following and in The perfect guy.. a Genius Info technology expert and psychopath who is a expert and using false identities and keeping his true identity a secret at all costs.. At the end of the followings last season Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon.. Hero) and Theo Noble(Michael Ealy) fall off a bridge into the water and you don't see what happens to Theo after that. All Ryans friends and the police department assume both of throw died in the fall Ryan continues to go after the bad guys after that rogue agent. But we are never given closure to what happened to Theo Noble(Michael Ealy).. Also Theo Noble is much more of a bad ass then Carter.. Did anyone notice if there are any easter eggs that suggests Theo is Carter? Would have give it 8/10 if it had been a spin off or had some hidden easter eggs in it to suggest it was
Magdizzle While the actors are great, the script is so bad it turns them into B- grade actors. I feel bad for them since I know they can act well. This is like the time Natalie Portman did Star Wars. Shes a great actor but the script was so bad her acting turned wooden. If they made the lines less lame and predictable, this may be just barely watchable.I cringed a lot. But I watched the whole thing hoping it would get better. It doesn't. It's like watching a bad teen novel-turned-movie.I'm embarrassed for this movie.
tochukwu-83206 This is not the kind of film I would advise someone to see. It is so clichéd and not ashamed about it. Ever been in that scenario where you spy on another student's work during exams without the necessary adjustments: changing of name and maybe perhaps reshuffling the sentences while adding some self generated ideas to make the script look and feel different? The Perfect Guy doesn't do that or even make attempts to. No surprise at all since it was distributed by Screen Gems: a Sony subsidiary. The fact that Screen Gems provides an avenue for black actors and actresses to remind us that they are still around is welcome, but making the same film twice with minor differences is just retarded. If you want to know what I mean, then try watching (Obsessed), (The Boy Next Door), (Fatal Attraction) and many more stalker-based films out there and then come tell me the difference. There is, I won't pretend about that. But it is quite hard to shake of the feeling that they should have been more created. All in all, The Perfect Guy is a recycled flick that fades away with the passing of the wind.The marriage/family desire of women plays a major role into why Leah breaks up with boyfriend Dave. And maybe why she rushes into a relationship with Carter-----foolishly, passion takes over and she fails to confirm if he has the same ambitions as her. She might be an uber-successful woman, but she is on the rebound. That was the character I saw. No doubt, Sana and Michael have chemistry, but the effort in setting up their characters towards the romantic fare is weak. Not only that, those parts where she discovers Carter possessiveness and quickly rushes back into Dave arms highlights how an independent booming career woman who might be constantly faced with weighing the consequence decisions at work is needy, romantically. The main character development is confusing. Her weaknesses are more than her strengths even though more time is spent putting those strengths to use. Simply put, she is a desperate needy woman who is on the rebound. The only positive take away is Michael Ealy's charming psychotic performance, but then that is muddled up by the triteness of the film. Morris Chestnut isn't given much to do except to come on screen and play the loving boyfriend/ partner, but then I can give you a list of films in which he has played this same role: (The Best Man Holiday)and (Not Easily Broken)-perfect typecasting! My advice still stands, but if you insist- don't say I didn't warn you.