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Nobody's Perfect

  • 1989
  • PG-13
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
749
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Nobody's Perfect (1989)
ComedyRomance

Steve is a college freshman who plays tennis for the school. But he falls desperately in love with Shelly, also a tennis player. It's all downhill from there. Steve can't eat, he can't sleep... Read allSteve is a college freshman who plays tennis for the school. But he falls desperately in love with Shelly, also a tennis player. It's all downhill from there. Steve can't eat, he can't sleep, his grades drop, and he gets kicked off the tennis team. What can he do? Well, his resou... Read allSteve is a college freshman who plays tennis for the school. But he falls desperately in love with Shelly, also a tennis player. It's all downhill from there. Steve can't eat, he can't sleep, his grades drop, and he gets kicked off the tennis team. What can he do? Well, his resourceful friend suggest turning Steve into a woman in order to get him close to Shelly who d... Read all

  • Director
    • Robert Kaylor
  • Writers
    • Annie Korzen
    • Joel Block
    • Steven Ader
  • Stars
    • Chad Lowe
    • Gail O'Grady
    • Patrick Breen
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    749
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Robert Kaylor
    • Writers
      • Annie Korzen
      • Joel Block
      • Steven Ader
    • Stars
      • Chad Lowe
      • Gail O'Grady
      • Patrick Breen
    • 13User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Chad Lowe
    Chad Lowe
    • Stephen…
    Gail O'Grady
    Gail O'Grady
    • Shelly
    Patrick Breen
    Patrick Breen
    • Andy
    Kim Flowers
    Kim Flowers
    • Jackie
    Eric Bruskotter
    Eric Bruskotter
    • Stanley
    Carmen More
    Carmen More
    • Carla
    • (as Carmen Moré)
    Todd Caldecott
    • Brad
    • (as Todd Schaefer)
    Annie Korzen
    Annie Korzen
    • Professor Lucci
    Mariann Aalda
    Mariann Aalda
    • Coach Harrison
    Marcia Karr
    Marcia Karr
    • Marge
    Nomi Mitty
    • Mrs. Parker
    Thomas Myers
    • Mr. Parker
    • (as Thomas R. Myers)
    Nicholas Frangakis
    • Dean Butler
    Robert Hewes
    • Mysterious Man
    Steven Ader
    • Tennis Umpire
    Laura Summer
    Laura Summer
    • Nurse
    Barry Moren
    • Suspicious Juror
    Devon Kaylor
    • Jogger
    • Director
      • Robert Kaylor
    • Writers
      • Annie Korzen
      • Joel Block
      • Steven Ader
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    beatleslm1974

    Interesting film

    This film is a putrid example of not how to do a movie. It is childish, moronic, and detestable in every way. It is a complete waste of time and the only redeeming value to me is the background of tennis of which I play regularly. BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    2dkallem

    Chad Lowe in "Drag", Before Talent Descended Upon Him, I Guess

    I concur with everyone above who said anything that will convince you to not waste even a briefest of moments watching this amazingly amateurish movie. Very poor acting, offhand production values, utterly pedestrian direction, and a script so inept and inane it should never have been written, let alone produced. Even Hollywood "professionals" apparently go to work just for a paycheck, although no one should have been paid for this bad work. Careers should instead have ENDED over this inconsequential drivel.

    OTH, there is something fascinating about watching something so jaw-droppingly bad. And Chad Lowe is terrifically and consistently bad.
    8haganthomas-1

    Cute, enjoyable gender bender comedy.

    Nobody's Perfect is an idea and truth that perhaps a few of us could take more seriously and do a little less demanding of ourselves or others to be. Maybe close could be just as good only "perfect" is a word that sort of enlists expectations. Either way Nobody' Perfect is a Chad Lowe vehicle that he plays pretty well. Get the sort of pun, pretty well. Actually he does play it pretty well where I cannot decide whether Chad plays the 'female' portion of the character as if we're in on the bending while other characters in the film are not and can't seem to tell. Like a couple of other teen and 'tween films of this type, He's My Girl and Just One Of The Guys, Nobody's Perfect is no ones waste of time. Thank God it wasn't anything like a Miss Congeniality or something where Chad might have had to go up against others dressed in nightlife finery. That award/title would have been hard to come by and there just is not that much padding a man can do. Daughters of lock up your husbands cause Nobody's Perfect turns out the lights with laughs.
    1rubin8r

    Ninety minutes without laughing.

    I really wish that when making a comedy, the people actually tried to make it funny. This is a film that you can sit through, but nothing is special about it. After watching it, you will say that it was alright. It was not boring to watch, but gave the audience no jokes to laugh at. Entertainment should mean that you actually get something more than an o.k. story. This movie wanted to be "Tootsie", but instead it failed.

    I gave it a 1 out of 10.
    5radicalpi

    Boys Meets Girl, Boys Dresses Up As Girl, It Hits the Fan

    Plot Summary: Boy (Stephen) who plays tennis falls in love with girl who plays tennis. When there's an injury on the women's tennis team, Stephen and his unscrupulous friend put him in a tennis skirt so that he can circumnavigate his love's violently possessive boyfriend.

    I'm guessing that the title is a play off of the last line of "Some Like It Hot", a classic gender-bender film if there ever was one.

    This film is a cheesy little romance, with an interesting plot twist or two and the occasionally witty bit of funny dialogue.

    Girl (hitting on boy): What's your favorite kind of pizza? Boy: Large. Girl: Mine too!

    I got a few laughs out of the love-struck protagonist's hijinks in a skirt. Nothing all that exciting, but decent entertainment if you don't have anything else to do.

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    • Trivia
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    • Goofs
      When Shelly is talking to Stephanie in their dorm room, Shelly knocks the mirror enough to reveal a man holding a camera. This lasts for a few seconds before the mirror is restored to its previous angle.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Sports Jeopardy!: Episode #2.11 (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Meeting Half the Way
      Performed by Fee Waybill

      Written by Mike Tramp

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    • Release date
      • February 2, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Double Fault
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Panorama
      • SAP
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo

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