A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jennifer Aniston | ... | Kate | |
| Jay Mohr | ... | Nick | |
| Kevin Bacon | ... | Sam | |
| Olympia Dukakis | ... | Rita | |
| Illeana Douglas | ... | Darcy | |
| Kevin Dunn | ... | Mr. Mercer | |
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Anne Twomey | ... | Sela |
| Faith Prince | ... | Mrs. Mercer | |
| John Rothman | ... | Jim Davenport | |
| Meg Gibson | ... | Mrs. Davenport (as Margaret Gibson) | |
| Paul Cassell | ... | Brad | |
| Ivar Brogger | ... | 1st Ad Executive | |
| Peter McRobbie | ... | 2nd Ad Executive | |
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Bray Poor | ... | 3rd Ad Executive |
| Daryl Edwards | ... | 4th Ad Executive | |
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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. Written by Malthus <zombie@il.fontys.nl>
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1 August 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El retrato perfecto See more »Filming Locations:
Central Park South Restaurant, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA See more »Edit
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$10,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$7,809,026, 3 August 1997, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$31,058,643, 5 October 1997Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$2,900,000, 9 November 1997Company Credits
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Matthew Broderick, Jon Stewart, John Corbett, and William Baldwin all screentested for the role of Nick. Jennifer Aniston pushed for her then-boyfriend Tate Donovan to assume the role, and was unhappy when Jay Mohr was ultimately cast. See more »Goofs
While Nick and Kate are arguing in the restaurant, as the camera angles change, the levels of brandy in everyone's glasses alternately rise and fall, even though it is clear that everyone is wrapped up in the drama and not drinking. See more »Quotes
Sam Mayfair: ...it's like, even though you're engaged, when you're with me I really feel like you're WITH me, you know? But the scary thing is I actually kinda like it.See more »
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The story has real potential - girl invents fiancé for career reasons, has to produce him on a social occasion, the guy she pays to fill the role falls for her, etc.etc . - but once it becomes evident from way out that it's abandoning any subtlety and heading for the happiest of Happy Endings, all you can do is sit back and enjoy its charm. In that sense, it's a perfect Friday-Night Film - relaxing, unwinding, undemanding. A small success - which could have been a bigger one. I'd not seen Jennifer Aniston before (WHAT!!! What planet have you been living on !!!), and I was impressed by her comic acting. She has a great range of facial expressions that she controls and times perfectly. Kevin Bacon is wasted in a silly role. Why do actors of his talents accept such thankless parts! (Well, he can enjoy the bedroom scenes with J. Aniston, I suppose . . .). Oh, incidentally, poor Jennifer has to suffer some of the worst dresses you're ever likely to see in a glossy fillum. Watch out for the cleavage-disaster that they inflict on her for her most glamorous outing.