Picture Perfect (1997)
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49% of critics liked it
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41% of users liked it
(41,396 ratings)
Friends star Jennifer Aniston made her debut as the leading lady of a feature film in this romantic comedy. Kate (Aniston) is an art director with an advertising agency whose personal and professional life is stuck in neutral; while her work is good, her boss Mr. Mercer (Kevin Dunn) won't give… More Friends star Jennifer Aniston made her debut as the leading lady of a feature film in this romantic comedy. Kate (Aniston) is an art director with an advertising agency whose personal and professional life is stuck in neutral; while her work is good, her boss Mr. Mercer (Kevin Dunn) won't give her a promotion, and while Kate is attracted to co-worker Sam (Kevin Bacon), he's not interested in her. Kate learns that Mercer is loath to promote single people, because without permanent attachments they're free to leave whenever they wish. Kate's friend Darcy (Illeana Douglas) comes up with a possible solution: use a photo of Kate with handsome stranger Nick (Jay Mohr) to convince Mercer that she's engaged to be married. The ruse works -- Kate gets her promotion, and Sam, who's attracted to women who are already spoken for, starts showing her some attention. But soon Mercer wants to meet Kate's husband-to-be; Kate tracks down Nick and persuades him to pose as her intended for an evening, but Nick decides at the end of the night that he's in love with her. Picture Perfect was written and directed by Glenn Gordon Caron, who created the TV series Moonlighting. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Glen Gordon Carson, Glenn Gordon Caron
- Written By
- Arleen Sorkin, Paul Slansky
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Aug 1, 1997 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Derek Adams, Time Out
[Aniston] has the rare gift of getting you to root for her in the most trying of circumstances, a quality that will stand her in good stead when she progresses to better material.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
[Aniston] at her best can recall young Barbra Streisand in her What's Up, Doc? days.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Aniston doesn't need dialogue to catch Kate's quicksilver moods. It's the sitcom lines, at the service of a contrived plot, that choke her.
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Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today
Insubstantial and oversweet, it still refreshes as a midsummer brain cooler.
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Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Aniston comes across like an imitation of a movie star instead of the real thing. She gets less attractive as the film goes on.
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Cast
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Jennifer Aniston
as Kate Mosley
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Jay Mohr
as Nick
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Kevin Bacon
as Sam Mayfair
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Olympia Dukakis
as Rita Mosley
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Illeana Douglas
as Darcy O'Neil
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Kevin Dunn
as Mr. Mercer
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Faith Prince
as Mrs. Mercer
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Anne Twomey
as Sela
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Jim Ryan
as Anchor Person
- Kaley Cuoco
- John Rothman
- Margaret Gibson
