Review of The Perfect Man (2005) by Magnus K — 04 Dec 2011

Holly Hamilton(Hilary Duff) is tired of moving from place to place because of her mother's failed relationships. They move to Brooklyn & Holly's mother takes a job in a bakery ran by her friend Dolores.

So Holly, her mom Jean (Heather Locklear) & Holly's sister Zoe (Aria Wallace), are again getting a chance to start over there lives in Brooklyn. Holly makes friends with the rebellious Amy Pearl (Vanessa Lengies) & the cute but somewhat shy Adam Forrest (Ben Feldman).

One day they go to Amy's uncles restaurant, The River Bistro, ran by her Uncle Ben (Chris Noth), who is a firm believer in romance. He tells Holly, who is a cynic when it comes to love, about the ways to a woman's heart.

This prompts Holly to create what she thinks is "the perfect man". With the help of Amy & Adam, she does various things to make her mother believe that she has a secret admirer that adores her.

Whenever Jean starts to get suspicious about Ben (supposedly her secret admirer), Holly has Adam call her mother & pretend to be Ben & break up with her. The plan fails when Adam is thinking about Holly while making the phone call.

In the end everything is a disaster & Jean is left broken hearted & Holly is a mess. Holly then tells her mother that she wants to move & her mother reluctantly agrees. When Adam comes by to find Holly, Jean tells him that she is out getting packing boxes because they're moving.

When she asks if she should tell Holly that Adam came bye he gives Jean a drawing to give to Holly & to tell her that there was another side of a drawing that he drew for her. On the back of the first drawing is a drawing of Adam & Holly & the quote coming out of Adam's mouth is that he'll always be there for Holly.

Later on whenever Jean is online, she talks to Adam pretending that she's Holly & she finds out the Adam is in love with Holly. The next day Jean decides that they're not moving at first Holly is upset but after she sees Adam's drawing she is happy again.

Jean finally meets Ben when he comes to her bakery & even though she tells him that she's not dating at the moment he says that he'll pick her up at eight on Saturday & she agrees. The ending of this fabulously cute & charming movie is Holly going to a dance with Adam.

She takes his breath away when he sees her in her beautiful red dress. In the end Holly & her family are finally happy & are settled down in Brooklyn. This is the perfect movie to watch with your best friends & your mom & sister.

I recommend it! :) You won't mind looking at Ben Feldman or Chris Noth either! :).