The Perfect Guy 2015

Critics score:
20 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: Next to child-in-jeopardy thrillers, women-in-jeopardy thrillers are about as easy to construct as films get, and this one makes no effort to break any molds. Too bad. Read more

Wesley Morris, Grantland: I love Sanaa Lathan, except when she has to play dumb. And, boy, does The Perfect Guy need her to be dumb. Read more

Nick Schager, Variety: David M. Rosenthal's Internet-age thriller falls head over heels for cheesy cliches. Read more

Jesse Hassenger, AV Club: 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. Read more

Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader: A reasonably engaging thriller with some topical overtones. Read more

Kyle Anderson, Entertainment Weekly: The Perfect Guy escalates quite nicely, leading to a satisfyingly white-knuckled finale. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: You've seen it a thousand times before. Read more

Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times: A glossy, cliche-laden revenge thriller about the perils of meeting Mr. Too Good To Be True. Read more

Eddie Goldberger, New York Daily News: It's a lazy, by-the-numbers bore. It almost jumps through hoops to not be different in any way. In fact, you could sleep through the movie and still recite what happened. Read more

Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com: Decent trash that could have been delicious trash with a little more daring. Read more

Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture: Nobody goes to these Fatal Attraction retreads anymore for serious drama. But this one is a movie torn - too grim and self-important to go truly nuts, but too silly and slipshod to work on a more somber level. Read more

James Rocchi, TheWrap: "The Perfect Guy" - which was, it must be pointed out, deliberately not screened for critics prior to release - is a perfect example of how lame, lazy material strands good actors, resulting in a movie that looks great and feels less so. Read more