A family man and suddenly-successful author encounters a mystic stranger who warns him he has only forty more days to live. Based on a novel by Richard Paul Evans.
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| Rob Lowe | ... | Rob Harlan | |
| Frances Conroy | ... | Camille | |
| Paget Brewster | ... | Allyson Harlan | |
| Christopher Lloyd | ... | Michael | |
| Jude Ciccolella | ... | Chuck | |
| Rowena King | ... | Heather | |
| Kevin Dunn | ... | Darren | |
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Meggie Geisland | ... | Carson Harlan |
| Mike Pniewski | ... | Stuart Parks | |
| Damon Lipari | ... | Stan Harlan | |
| Candi Brooks | ... | Stacey | |
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Lauren Fain | ... | Marla |
| Michael Arata | ... | Concerned Man | |
| Andrea Frankle | ... | Anchor Woman | |
| Jerry Leggio | ... | Old Man | |
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A family man and suddenly-successful author encounters a mystic stranger who warns him he has only forty more days to live. Based on a novel by Richard Paul Evans.
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18 December 2006 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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I was pleasantly surprised after watching A Perfect Day. I expected clichés and something rather "cute", although reviews had warned me that the film has a dark side.
The names Rob Lowe and Christopher Lloyd are very well known, but Frances Conroy, known to many as "Ruth Fisher" of Six Feet Under, was a bonus, playing a key role.
The plot itself was not particularly original, but the treatment of the story was quite ingenious, and I was quite pleased with the acting.
Robert Harlan (Rob Lowe) is fired at the beginning of the story by a man who says, much in the manner of Scrooge, "It's only business." This theme is repeated throughout the movie, very effectively.
Allyson (Paget Brewster), Harlan's wife, is completely supportive of him and encourages him to write a book. We discover that he has already begun this book but has little confidence in his ability to do anything with it. He completes the book and is soon contacted by Camile (Frances Conroy), a literary agent who gives him his first big break, soon catapulting him to unexpected, incredible success.
This is where the story really takes off. Michael (Christopher Lloyd) plays a mysterious role in Harlan's new life; the exact nature of that role is not fully revealed until the end of the movie.
While many events are fully predictableit is soon clear that Harlan's life is becoming increasingly unhappy as he becomes more and more successfulthere are major plot twists that will leave many viewers quite surprised at the end and perhaps even eager to see the movie again.