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Perfect (1985)

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Based on a series of Rolling Stone articles by Aaron Latham, this romance was set in the world of L.A.'s hip fitness scene. Rolling Stone reporter Adam Lawrence (John Travolta) comes to L.A. to write a story about a prominent businessman who's been arrested for drug dealing (shades of the John DeLorean scandal). He's also decided to research a piece on the exercise fad and how health clubs have become the "singles bars of the '80s." His boss (real-life Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner as

R, 2 hr.

Drama, Romance

Aaron Latham

Jun 25, 2002

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Critic Reviews for Perfect

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John Travolta continues his wearisome trek through America's fleeting enthusiasms, though this time he arrives a day late (wasn't aerobics over a couple of years before this?) and a few dollars short.

July 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Pic is guilty of the sins it condemns - superficiality, manipulation and smugness.

March 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety Staff
Variety
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Perfect is too superficially knowing to be a camp classic, but it's an unintentionally hilarious mixture of muddled moralizing and all-too-contemporary self-promotion.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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The movie is devoid of laughs, thanks to James Bridges' characteristically humorless direction.

July 26, 2009 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Muddled saga of journalistic ethics.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment
Trevor Johnston
Time Out Source: Time Out

Good chemistry - that's about it

November 3, 2005 Comment
Clint Morris
Moviehole

A vanity project that went nowhere.

July 23, 2005 Comment
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

One-joke Travolta comedy.

January 4, 2005 Comment
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

If you're curious about why the gifted Tavolta's film career stalled in the mid-80s, 'Perfect' is the perfect explanation.

November 4, 2004 Comment
Anthony Del Valle
Las Vegas Mercury

Reveals the health club fad to be a hall of mirrors filled with self-absorbed individuals.

August 22, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Cheesy but enjoyable.

December 10, 2002 Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | Comment
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

They don't make them like this anymore... there's a reason.

December 10, 2002 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
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Quite average comedy-drama, but Jamie Lee Curtis looked bloody hot.

October 16, 2006
deano
Dean McKenna

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When a Rolling Stones journalist decides to write an article on health clubs in the 80's, he meets some resistance in a female aerobics instructor. A star packed film with a great soundtrack makes this 80's cult movie a must see...though the story leaves something to be desired. Watch at your own risk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May 14, 2008
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Leo Blaschke

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