Perfect (1985)

Directed by

James Bridges

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 203 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A journalist poses as a fitness club member to write a story. He falls for an aerobics instructor who is wary of reporters.

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What happens

Perfect is a 1985 American romantic drama film directed by James Bridges and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was written by Aaron Latham and James Bridges and is based on a series of articles that appeared in Rolling Stone magazine in the late 1970s, chronicling the popularity of Los Angeles health clubs among single people. Its story follows journalist Adam Lawrence, who is assigned to interview Joe McKenzie, a successful entrepreneur accused of dealing drugs. He is then assigned to cover a second story and decides to do an exposé on fitness clubs, where he meets an aerobics instructor named Jessie Wilson, who does not have a great deal of trust in journalists. It stars John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anne De Salvo, Marilu Henner, Laraine Newman, Matthew Reed, and Jann Wenner. The film was produced by Delphi III and Pluperfect and was released on June 7, 1985. It grossed $4.2 million during its opening weekend and $12.9 million worldwide, against a budget of $20 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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