The Perfect Guy (2015)

After breaking up with her boyfriend, a professional woman gets involved with a man who seems almost too good to be true.

Director:

David M. Rosenthal

Writers:

Alan B. McElroy (story by), Tyger Williams (screenplay)

Stars:

Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sanaa Lathan	...	Leah
Michael Ealy	...	Carter
Morris Chestnut	...	Dave
L. Scott Caldwell	...	Evelyn
Charles S. Dutton	...	Roger
John Getz	...	Renkin
Tess Harper	...	Mrs. McCarthy
Kathryn Morris	...	Karen
Rutina Wesley	...	Alicia
Holt McCallany	...	Detective Hansen
Jessica Parker Kennedy	...	Rachel
David Starzyk	...	Frank
Ronnie Gene Blevins	...	Roy the Mechanic
Wilmer Calderon	...	Detective Gardner
Gordon Clapp	...	Bill Forsythe

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

fatal attraction | female protagonist | perfect guy | steam | steam from shower | 

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Taglines:

Trust one, fear the other

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, menace, sexuality and brief strong language.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Twitter

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 September 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

El chico ideal

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$25,888,154 (USA) (11 September 2015)

Gross:

$57,017,904 (USA) (27 November 2015)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rocklin \ Faust, Screen Gems

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was shot in 34 days.

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Goofs

When Sanaa's character introduced the new guy in her life to her friends at lunch she introduced him as Robert not Carter. She hadn't known the name Robert at that point in the movie.

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Quotes

Carter: [on being shot] What the fuck was that?
Leah: Beanbag non lethal round

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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Screenings: The Perfect Guy (2015)

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Soundtracks

LIVE IN A DREAM
Written by Johnny Elkins, Blessing Offor and Jeffrey Pescetto
Performed by Blessing Offor
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

User Reviews

The movie is good and I liked it better then No Good Deed, but it was just too cliché to really have the impact it wanted.

"I saw him beat someone badly, just for talking to me." Leah (Lathan) and her boyfriend have different plans for the future and decide to split up. When she meets the charismatic and charming Carter (Ealy) she easily falls for him. He says and does everything perfect, but when she sees his dark side things change. Afraid of what he may do next Leah breaks up with him, but Carter doesn't let go so easy. This is a really good movie that could have been so much better. The movie gets really close to the tenseness it is striving for, but ends up falling short. Carter does do some very scary and terrifying things, but nothing that hasn't been seen before. The movie really left a lot on the table that would have really helped it out and made the movie as tense as the filmmakers wanted it to be. The movie is good and I liked it better then No Good Deed, but it was just too cliché to really have the impact it wanted. Overall, not bad and worth watching, but not as tense as it could have been. I give it a B-.