The Perfect Guy
Screen Gems | Release Date: September 11, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
6
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
67
Entertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonSep 11, 2015
For all its third act nuttiness, The Perfect Guy really should have gone way crazier. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineClayton DillardSep 12, 2015
It uses convention to its advantage through an intriguing play with casting choices and bizarrely effective allusions to film history. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireSep 17, 2015
Nothing nearly so wacky or grotesque goes down in this romantic thriller, but you’ll wish it would. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenSep 12, 2015
Despite its serious imperfections, the soapy escapism provided by The Perfect Guy at least arrives at an opportune time. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerSep 11, 2015
Michael Ealy has a very ominous stare and Sanaa Lathan sells her inconsistent character pretty well, but The Perfect Guy is still just a boilerplate stalker story that proceeds more or less as you suspect it will. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckSep 11, 2015
Substitute a cat for the bunny (no spoilers here about its fate) and you have the ironically titled, generic thriller The Perfect Guy that somehow wound up on the big screen instead of on Lifetime. Read full review
40
VarietyNick SchagerSep 11, 2015
Despite an appealing trio of leads, it seems likely to entice only those with an unquenchable thirst for thriller cliches. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriSep 11, 2015
The kind of movie you keep wishing would just cut loose and go off the deep end. 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 full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 15, 2015
The cast is solid, game, competent. And the you can’t fault an audience for seeking a little female victimhood/female empowerment in their romantic thrillers. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerSep 11, 2015
There’s certainly an audience for these thrillers, but imagine how big that audience might be for one that really works. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiSep 16, 2015
The best thing you can say about The Perfect Guy is that it plays out like a gelded version of Fatal Attraction, lacking anything dark or dangerous. It plays it too safe, and who wants a guy like that? Read full review
20
TheWrapJames RocchiSep 15, 2015
A perfect example of how lame, lazy material strands good actors, resulting in a movie that looks great and feels less so. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsEddie GoldbergerSep 11, 2015
It’s a lazy, by-the-numbers bore. Read full review
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