Fixing Pete (2011)

Ashley is a journalist and does makeovers for a TV show. Her editor offers her the job of being the editor of a new fashion supplement, provided she does a makeover on a sports writer, who is an uncouth, loudmouthed, sexist slob.

Director:

Michael Grossman

Writers:

Larry Kase, Joel Ronkin

Stars:

Brooke Burns, Dylan Bruno, Valerie Harper

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brooke Burns	...	Ashley
Dylan Bruno	...	Pete
Valerie Harper	...	Mrs. Friedlander
John Ratzenberger	...	Clayton
Charlie Schlatter	...	Marty
Brian McGovern	...	Christopher
Stacy Keibler	...	Mandy
Vince Grant	...	Vincent
Darby Stanchfield	...	Cynthia
Freedom Bridgewater	...	Jim
Jeff Bowser	...	Skeet
Eva Fisher	...	Stage Manager (as Eva Simone Fisher)
Becky Wu	...	Lisa
Mercedes Colon	...	Taryn
Mackenzie Mason	...	Naomi

Storyline

Award-winning sports columnist Pete is quite pleased with his slightly sleazy frat boy image and frolicking life style. Alas, the owner forces him to allow ambitious TV fashionista Ashley, who is used to perfectly-groomed fiancé Christopher, to give Pete a makeover by the launch of his book, as his slouchy look won't do on promotion tour. His buddy Marty tests the dating potential. Learning about each-other's worlds, they may even fall in love.

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Plot Keywords:

makeover | editor | journalist | writer | book | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Did You Know?

Goofs

When Pete first picks up his chili burger, there are already large bites out of it.

User Reviews

Repulsive Opposites Attract

The Hallmark Channel scrapes the bottom of the barrel -- I hope -- in this would-be knock-off of WOMAN OF THE YEAR. He's an incoherent sportswriter who doesn't own a shirt with a collar who has written a book. She's an obsessive-compulsive control freak who does some sort of makeover show for the paper's affiliated TV station, called upon to give him a makeover for his upcoming book tour. Of course they fall in love, but first we have to endure ninety-minutes of obnoxious pretty people. At least they probably are obnoxious. We are given no more sense of who they are than I have just given you. Our only reason to wish them well is that their friends are even more overtly annoying than they; he's got a stoner friend and she's got a self-involved boyfriend and a looks-obsessed girlfriend.

No one expects anything new in the way of story lines. This one was old when Shakespeare set Benedict and Beatrice wrangling. Still, if the hacks who produced this wish us to look at this plot yet again, they need to give us something: characters we can care about, situations that are novel or a couple of jokes that are well told. This one offers the viewer nothing, except that they are good-looking young people. So are their vile friends and I don't care a fig about any of them.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 January 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fixing Pete

Company Credits

Production Co:

Larry Levinson Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color