The Perfect Man Page #6

Synopsis: Teenager Holly Hamilton is tired of moving every time her single mom Jean has another personal meltdown involving yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man.. an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean and boost her shaky self-esteem. When the virtual relationship takes off, Holly finds herself having to produce the suitor, borrowing her friend's charming and handsome Uncle Ben as the face behind the e-mails, notes and gifts. Holly must resort to increasingly desperate measures to keep the ruse alive and protect her mom's newfound happiness, almost missing the real perfect man when he does come along.
Director(s): Mark Rosman
Production: Universal Pictures
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
27
Rotten Tomatoes:
6%
PG
Year:
2005
100 min
$16,247,775
Website
468 Views


Hi.

I love orchids. Thank you.

This is a rose.

Which I also love.

So are you free

Saturday night?

What did you have in mind?

Nothing short of

rocking your world, babe.

Well, my world doesn't

rock that easy.

That's right,

make him work for it,

girlfriend.

That's on account

of you've never had...

your world rocked

by Lenny "The World-Rocker"

Horton.

Okay.

Let's say I check

my social calendar...

and it turns out I am free

Saturday night.

Where are we going?

Only to hear the

greatest American band...

ever to pipe out

a power ballad.

Styx concert.

Something I've never done.

You're a Styx newbie?

These are really hot tickets.

I must really like you.

Okay, so Saturday night.

Saturday.

Saturday.

What? Stop!

It's impossible that

Lenny is your secret admirer.

Nothing's impossible.

No. Some things are.

Like a man

that sends you an orchid,

the most romantic flower...

and then turns around

and sends you a yellow rose.

That's the kind of flower...

that someone sends

their sick grandmother

in the hospital.

I'll get it.

Mom, please,

can you just listen to me?

I read that note, okay?

A man like that...

a poet, he doesn't take

a woman to a Styx concert.

Well, it's different.

So is a peanut butter

and glue sandwich.

That doesn't mean

you eat it.

Holly, I like this guy.

He seems to like me.

Would it kill you

to give him a chance?

Princess Zoe?

Yes.

You can tell

I'm a princess from all

my beautiful necklaces.

N- E-C-K-L-A-C-E-S.

Okay. Yeah, that makes sense.

Hi, Lenny.

Wow, Jean. Whoa!

Great outfit.

Damn, where did you get that?

Who's-a-hottie. Com?

All right. So, you got

everything you need?

Yeah. Let me

just put this on.

Okay.

Hey, Holly, your mom said

that Saturday night

is movie night.

So, what do you say on me...

you take Princess Zoe here,

you guys go see Bambi?

I'm not actually sure

that Bambi is still

in theaters.

Which is such a shame

because I'm just dying

to take...

my 7-year-old little sister

to a movie

where the mom gets...

killed by

the evil male hunter.

I want to go see that.

Thank you, Lenny.

That's very nice of you.

Thank you, Lenny.

That's very nice of you.

Be good.

Wow! It's great.

Yeah, it's a 1980

Pontiac Trans Am

two-door hardtop.

Got the original paint,

the original exhaust.

I re-built the tranny,

tweaked the mill.

And as a matter of fact,

I got...

some new passenger mats

right here,

so would you mind...

just taking your shoes off?

Before you get in?

I should have bought a pair

of those hospital booties.

Wait, do you have any?

Let me guess.

The sick-grandma argument

didn't fly?

She barely even heard it.

She was too busy

picturing herself

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