Picture Perfect (1997)

Kate is working on a career at Mercer Advertising but is passed up for promotion because she's 'not stable enough', still being single and having no ties to the company. A story is made up ... See full summary »

Director:

Glenn Gordon Caron

Writers:

Arleen Sorkin (story), Paul Slansky (story),

Stars:

Jennifer Aniston, Jay Mohr, Kevin Bacon

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Aniston	...	Kate Mosley
Jay Mohr	...	Nick
Kevin Bacon	...	Sam Mayfair
Olympia Dukakis	...	Rita Mosley
Illeana Douglas	...	Darcy O'Neil
Kevin Dunn	...	Mr. Mercer
Anne Twomey	...	Sela
Faith Prince	...	Mrs. Mercer
John Rothman	...	Jim Davenport
Meg Gibson	...	Jackie Davenport (as Margaret Gibson)
Paul Cassell	...	Brad
Ivar Brogger	...	1st Ad Executive
Peter McRobbie	...	2nd Ad Executive
Bray Poor	...	3rd Ad Executive
Daryl Edwards	...	4th Ad Executive

Storyline

Kate is working on a career at Mercer Advertising but is passed up for promotion because she's 'not stable enough', still being single and having no ties to the company. A story is made up about her being engaged to Nick, a guy whom she just met at a friend's wedding, and all seems to work out well for Kate. She even gets the attention of a colleague she had always wanted, but events soon take a dramatic turn, forcing her to 'present' her alleged fiance to her boss.

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Plot Keywords:

advertising | wedding | leg | mother daughter relationship | fake engagement | 

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Taglines:

Kate always lived her life by the rules...some rules were meant to be broken

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sensuality and related dialogue

Details

Official Sites:

Fox

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 August 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Trait pour trait

Filming Locations:

Central Park South Restaurant, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$19,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

DEM 680,903 (Germany) (5 June 1998)

Gross:

DEM 3,075,935 (Germany) (3 July 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

3 Art Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Kate meets up with Nick to ask him to help her with her scheme, Nick orders a coke. Neither of them touches it during the whole conversation but in the end, when Nick leaves, the glass is almost empty.

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Quotes

Kate Mosley: You went to college, right?
Nick: Yeah, several.

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Connections

Referenced in Getting Into the Action (2006)

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Soundtracks

"You'll Never Know"
Written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren

User Reviews

Enjoyable, but little else

Enjoyable, but little else is a very fair summary of this film. It follows a very basic plot, with no twists but does so in a fun way.

Sitting down to watch this on video my wife and I predicted the plot from the first few minutes, and so could focus on the way the portrayal of the characters happened.

There is actually very little character development in this film, nice girl, good guy, bad guy, boss who ain't so bad by the end. All very stereotyped, but and this is a BIG BUT the flick moves in an altogether enjoyable way. Deep and meaningful it isn't, thought provoking ? again NOPE. Good way to spend a couple of hours on an evening by renting the video when you are not in a mood to go out: certainly.

In to 'Friends' go for this rather than 'Romy and Michelles High School Reunion', which I really felt was a waste on space.