The Perfect Guy

Critics Consensus

The Perfect Guy threatens to tip into enjoyably depraved territory, but ultimately settles for timid thriller clichés.

18%

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Total Count: 45

51%

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User Ratings: 18,624
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Movie Info

After a painful breakup, successful lobbyist Leah Vaughn jumps into a passionate relationship with a charming stranger. When her ex-boyfriend resurfaces in her life she has to figure out who she should trust and who she should fear.

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Cast

Sanaa Lathan
as Leah Vaughn
Michael Ealy
as Carter
Morris Chestnut
as Dave
Charles S. Dutton
as Roger
Tess Harper
as Mrs.McCarthy
Kathryn Morris
as Karen
Rutina Wesley
as Alicia
Holt McCallany
as Detective Hansen
Shannon Lucio
as Cindy
Jessica Parker Kennedy
as Rachel
David Starzyk
as Frank
Ronnie Gene Blevins
as Roy The Mechanic
Wilmer Calderon
as Detective Gardner
Gordon Clapp
as Bill Forsythe
Duncan Joiner
as Zach
Julia Valentine Larson
as Cashier
Patrick Daniel
as Barista
Lyndsey Doolen
as Hostess
Michael Andrew Baker
as Mr. Inebriated
Jamal Duff
as Dreadlocks
Tyde Kierney
as Mart Owner
Michael Panes
as Cooper
Granville Ames
as Sheriff
Irene Choi
as Office Receptionist
Tripp Pickell
as Uniformed Officer
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Critic Reviews for The Perfect Guy

All Critics (45) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (37)

  • The Perfect Guy is a lazy retread from the Fatal Attraction department of stalker movies.

    Nov 19, 2015 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

    Kate Muir

    Times (UK)
    Top Critic

  • A checklist of 90s thriller cliches (so tired you can almost see the cast yawning) get trotted out with a multitude of gloss yet zero creativity, in this disappointingly strait-laced Fatal Attraction knockoff.

    Nov 19, 2015 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

    Benjamin Lee

    Guardian
    Top Critic

  • The unsure tone screams that this is a director embarrassed by the film he's making.

    Sep 23, 2015 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

    Nigel M. Smith

    Guardian
    Top Critic

  • A reasonably engaging thriller with some topical overtones.

    Sep 17, 2015 | Full Review…

    Ben Sachs

    Chicago Reader
    Top Critic

  • Scene after scene exists only to deliver facts for later: Carter's family background; the location of Leah's spare housekey; the presence of a mildly nosy neighbor and a clumsily introduced pet cat.

    Sep 15, 2015 | Rating: D+ | Full Review…

    Jesse Hassenger

    AV Club
    Top Critic

  • You've seen it a thousand times before.

    Sep 15, 2015 | Full Review…

    Frank Scheck

    Hollywood Reporter
    Top Critic
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Audience Reviews for The Perfect Guy

  • Feb 12, 2016
    Tame and underwhelming. I enjoy this genre, even some pretty bad installments of it. Though the acting is okay, it just made no impression on me.
    Nicki M Super Reviewer
  • Sep 15, 2015
    More melodrama than shear horror, this slick looking but far from Perfect urban thriller shows a heel going from 0 to Psycho but its true villain proves to be the cliché. If The Perfect Guy seems all-too-familiar, look no further than any and all homicidal stalker flicks you've ever seen. Rather than be choosy, the movie mines from both the best (Klute, Play Misty for Me) AND worst (Fear, No Good Deed) of the bunch, piling the tired tropes of the genre at the feet of moviegoers like a cat does dead mice. Breaking and entering the victim's home? Check. Hiding in her closet? Check. Watching her as she sleeps? Check. Stealing her pet? Check. Causing her to take vindictive action? Check yourself before you wreck yourself. About the only 'unique' thing that these routine thrillers can do is to change the sex (Obsessed) or age (The Boy Next Door) of the stalker around, but The Perfect Guy keeps this dynamic traditional (the stalker's a deranged ex-boyfriend) and tries being twisty by bringing the victim's other ex-boyfriend into the picture just as the craziness starts to boil over. In this PG-13-rated thriller, a successful lobbyist (Lathan) jumps into a passionate relationship with a charming stranger (Ealy), only for her ex-boyfriend (Morris Chestnut) to resurface and blur the line as to whom she should trust and whom she should fear. Director David M. Rosenthal's movie might not end up as very suspenseful, but his effort at least looks good despite the troubling lack of thrills. Despite being a polished thriller, The Perfect Guy simply can't keep you on the edge of your seat when you've already seen every trick up its very short sleeves. Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, and Morris Chestnut make for one fine looking cast but this talented group of players deserves better material that's not largely recycled. Bottom line: Guy Problems
    Jeff B Super Reviewer
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