Perfect Body

The story follows an up and coming gymnist, Andy, whom is noticed by a gymanstic coach known to train girls for the olympics, and we watch as her life starts to fall apart around her while she falls into a trap wherein she will try any means necessary to reach her goal even if it means she's on the road to self drstruction.

The budget affects what the story can do (other reviewers mention the quality of the gymnastics for wxample) but the actors give a great performance and give us a good idea about what athletes in this position might do... while it is based on a true story, a lot of stories have come to light since this film about athletes that give it enough grounds to be believable. Watching Andy's character go from loving what she does in gymnatics into a bitter self serving character whom becomes trapped in a vicious cycle of self harm is heartbreaking.

For what it's worth, it looks at the issue fairly as we see events from the perspective of Amy's coach, friends, and family as well, and are left to wonder how things could have played out differently should someone have interviened in a stronger manner.

All in all it's worth a watch!

This movie was great for a Sunday afternoon cheesy Lifetime movie, but a few things in it were so unrealistic that it just about drove me crazy.

My biggest complaint was that the gymnastics that these girls were shown doing were nowhere near the olympic level, which they claimed to be. The vaults were especially ridiculous. I mean, I did some of those vaults when I was ten years old, and I wasn't anywhere near olympic level (I was level 6, elite is level 10).

Also, Amy Jo Johnson's character's eating disorder just sort of suddenly went away when she realized it was harming her. A more realistic eating disorder movie is Sharing The Secret.

Perfect Body is a thoughtful drama with a strong story line about a young gymnast, Andie Bradley (Amy Jo Johnson) who develops several eating disorders while trying to achieve the perfect body.

This is a movie filled with gymnastics, drama and tissue alerts and is DEFINITELY worth seeing.

Perfect plot, perfect actors, perfect script, perfect!

"Perfect body" suffers from being a made-for-TV movie principally in the quality of the cinematography and in the realism of the gymnastics--these girls were nowhere near Olympic level, I'm told, though I am not really one to judge. Yet what "Perfect Body" lacks in this luster it more than makes up for in the quality of the writing and acting, and considering the primitivity of the shooting equipment, the cameraman captured the essence of each scene and character emotion very well. Amy Jo Johnson is more than convincing as a perfectionist suffering from anorexia nervosa (contrary to the description, the film does not once claim that she is bulimic and in fact she is more of a gorge-and- purge type anorectic than a true bulimic). The film's portrayal of the debilitating effects of nervous anxieties--and of the extreme difficulty that sufferers tend to have in getting or accepting help even when they know they need it and even want it, and of the resulting sense of isolation and fright of the sufferer and sense of helplessness of her entourage-- strikes a powerful chord. Definitely worth a couple of hours.

The film is very good. The main actress acted very well and so did the actor, whose character's name was Josh. His real name is Ron. The film correctly portrays the sacrifices and hard work an olympic trainee has to go through. It also deals with the common practice among young girls of eating then vomiting just to lose weight and be smart.