its a cute movie for tweens, but its kind of stupid at the same time lol. good for when you're bored, i suppose.
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The Perfect Man
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Not age appropriate for kids under 10, age appropriate for kids over 12; suggested age 10. -
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Lighthearted comedy deals with serious issues.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 10–12
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What Parents Need to Know
About The Perfect Man
Parents need to know that this movie is premised on the idea that a daughter lies to her mother, an ostensible shortcut to making them both feel better. After she first makes up "the perfect man," Holly finds she has to continue the lies, to the point that she and her mother exchange emails, with Holly posing as the idealized lover; this makes for some sweet conversations about dreams and goals, but also an awkward situation for adults in the audience, as parent and child are, after all, flirting. This movie includes briefly strained family relationships, as mother and daughter argue, and mother tells the story of the daughter's missing father (though she oddly never discusses the birth circumstances of a second, seven-year-old daughter). This movie also includes repeated references to sexual desire and play, primarily in the form of a gay bartender who makes wisecracks about various men. There are also jokes about breasts and 5th graders losing their virginity.
Read our full review by Cynthia Fuchs
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the difficult relationship between mother and child, as each wants to support the other, but neither is able to speak openly at first. How might open communication about basic concerns (daughter's upset by the family's repeated moves, mother's worry about being single) resolve tensions between them? How does the Internet/email both allow communication and limit it? How does the daughter's budding romance complicate her concerns for her mother and sister's well-being?
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- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
cheesy but cute
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
It shows true relations ships between adults (and younger people)
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Its OK, better than most chick flicks, but I still didn't enjoy it.
Aghhh! Why do people even make movies like this? Just to get a buck to buy a soda I guess. I didn't like this movie very much, but it was better than most chick flicks. Parents, listen up: Most girls will want to see this eventually. This is OK for 11 and up, but if you know your kid, then you be the judge. It has some jokes about kids losing their virginity, and there is some kissing and its all about a woman who is trying to find a husband and her daughter who lies to her the whole time trying to make her happy by creating an imaginary "Perfect Man". Boooo!!! Kids will eat it up, but I will never like it.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
A love comedy
Looking for the perfect movie I think you have found it.Be sure to get it before some one else takes it.You will fall in love with it.Come on dont turn it down it is waiting for you to pick it up.Be sure to buy it on dvd it is realy good you will love it.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
A Really Good Movie
This was a really good movie. It says the daughter flirts with her mother but when they IM each other it's nothing bad and I didn't see it as flirting. I think this would be a good movie for a mother and daughter to watch. I loved it. See it for yourself it was really good.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
i laughed
cute!!!!
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
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