Review of The Perfect Guy (2015) by Joseph Walsh for CineVue — 21 Aug 2018

A Perfect Guy plays it all too straight and to the point of insipid functionality.

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This review of The Perfect Guy (2015) was written by Joseph Walsh and published by CineVue on 21 Aug 2018.

The Perfect Guy has generally received mixed reviews.

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