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1985 Certificate 15
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John Travolta stars as a Rolling Stone reporter who travels to Los Angeles to investigate a drug case and decides to write an expose of the health-club craze of the 1980s. Reporter Adam Lawrence (Travolta) sets out to trash the fitness craze as just a replacement of the shallow singles bar scene of the 1970s. He even has a .. Read more

Starring John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marilu Henner, Laraine Newman
Director James Bridges
Genres Drama

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John Travolta stars as a Rolling Stone reporter who travels to Los Angeles to investigate a drug case and decides to write an expose of the health-club craze of the 1980s. Reporter Adam Lawrence (Travolta) sets out to trash the fitness craze as just a replacement of the shallow singles bar scene of the 1970s. He even has a title in mind: "Looking for Mr. Goodbody." As he researches his story, Adam meets Jessie (Jamie Lee Curtis), a sexy fitness instructor who has little use for scribes like him. Adam charms the reluctant Jessie, and before long the hot couple is working out together--in more ways than one. Suddenly Adam is faced with a quintessential dilemma of journalism: Can he be Jessie's lover and still ridicule her friends and workplace

Starring John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marilu Henner, Laraine Newman, Anne De Salvo
Director James Bridges
Studio SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 55 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Dubbed French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Released DVD: 17 Jun 2002
Production year: 1985
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (2) of Perfect

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Writing an exposé of the Californian fitness industry to keep busy while chasing a drug story, Rolling Stone reporter John Travolta falls in love with Jamie Lee Curtis, the aerobics guru whose club he intends to destroy in his feature. Director James Bridges's air-head film is one of the prime reasons Travolta fell out of favour before his Pulp Fiction rediscovery. Yet both he and Curtis look fabulous in their work-out sequences — of which there are far too many, mind you — and their appealing chemistry does get the now very dated premise over the rough patches and into shape.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Nervy, unattractive drama which didn't find an audience.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Entertaining

    I had watched this film when it was originally released. I enjoyed it then and on second viewing.

    This film should not be dismissed as a showcase for the physical attractiveness of its stars, Jamie Lee Curtis and John Travolta, even though this is basically how it was marketed (the trailer included on the DVD is quite blantant!). The recent Eric Prydz, Call on me video is basically a spoof of one of the aerobics scenes. Nevertheless, the fitness class scenes, although obviously rather dated, are impressive and Curtis must have worked extraordinarily hard to be convincing as an aerobics guru.

    This film came in a down period in Travolta's career, but he displays all his usual ability and carisma. Both he and Curtis are very convincing in their roles.

    The film also deals with issues such as body image and integrity of journalists, providing a reasonable plot to back up the romantic stroyline between its main stars.

    I would recommend watching this film, particularly if you've ever been to a health club.

      • A customer from Oxford, England
      • Posted 12 May 2005 12:28

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  • Rated - 4 stars

    good

    i used to love john travolta when i was younger and i rented this to bring back memeories really good

      • A customer from Ashington
      • Posted 27 Jan 2008 20:00

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