Picture Perfect

Plot synopsis:
Kate (Jennifer Aniston) is struggling in the advertising business in New York City: she cannot move forward despite her talent. Her boss, Mr. Mercer (Kevin Dunn), passes her up for a promotion because she is "not stable enough". Her co-worker, Darcy (Illeana Douglas), invents a story claiming Kate is engaged to Nick (Jay Mohr), a freelance videographer who lives in Massachusetts, with whom Kate had her picture taken during a friend's wedding
All seems to work out well for Kate. After Nick saves a little girl from a fire and winds up in the news, Kate is forced to bring her alleged fiancé to dinner with Mercer and his wife. She asks Nick to "break up" with her. Nick, who already likes Kate, complies to please Kate. Meanwhile, Sam (Kevin Bacon), a colleague that Kate had always wanted, takes notice of her. They have sex twice.
As Kate and Nick get to know each other, she starts to like him. The night of the dinner arrives and Kate and Nick are prepared for their "big fight". But, Nick tries to suppress the "fight" by complimenting her and expressing the desire for a future with Kate. However, Kate just wants the "fight" to happen. At the dinner table, Kate tries to drive Nick into a fight but it doesn't work. She pays a restaurant employee to call her number and tries to make it seem like Nick is having an affair with an ex-girlfriend. At first Nick is a bit lost but figures it out and finally plays along.
After a week, feeling guilty, Kate admits to Mercer (and several co-workers) her cover-up, stating that she was dressing for the job she wanted, repeating a line that Mercer had used on her earlier regarding her instability. Mercer pays a visit to Kate's office, where she tells him she's quitting. Mercer counters by admitting to her how he exaggerated his own past at one point in his life, as well as suggests she take a few days off to go to Massachusetts and patch things up with Nick. Mercer let her keep her job as an ad exec.
Kate walks in while Nick is recording a wedding and he rebuffs her attempts to patch things up until she humiliates herself in front of the soon-to-be-married couple, as Nick did in front of her boss earlier. Satisfied that the playing field has been leveled, he invites her to the wedding reception as his guest. They make up after Kate accepts.

Tags: romantic

Review:
I only saw this film because of Kevin Bacon and Jennifer Aniston both being in it.
She ends up winning the affections of a man she has a crush on in her office (Bacon), but then Nick begins to actually fall in love with her.The title derives from the fact that she works at a picture agency, and that's where a lot of the film's scenes take place.
Don't dismiss this as an expanded version of the TV series Jennifer is in, she's what she is, yet she fits into this story so well, playing opposite Jay Mohr and Kevin Bacon, with Ileanna Douglas as her best friend and Olympia Dukakis as her mom  it's Jennifer Aniston perfect.The heart may not be evident in the beginning, especially with Jennifer's central character, but hang in there, heart becomes more and more ever present as you follow the story closely.
I remember I liked the movie in general and that Jay Mohr gave a very good performance  he's just as becoming as Jennifer is.
They do seem like a perfect pair.This could be a date movie: especially for a single young woman with career ambitions (here it is in advertising), who thinks she can be self-sufficient without any ties or warmth from others, including mom.
The acting by Jennifer Aniston and John Mohr was very good, and the film gives an overall positive message for us all (Hollywood style, but it feels great).
Jennifer Aniston is not really her Rachel from Friends but she comes close in Picture Perfect as Cate.
I like her in Friends and I think because of that I liked her in this film.The story is even more predictable than movies as Notting Hill and Addicted to love, but I did like it.
It is simple, it makes you feel good, there's no real bad guy or girl, there is some chemistry and we all know it will end very happy.You can like Aniston here, or may be you don´t because she is too much Rachel.
Kevin Bacon was a little disappointing in a role that might be too easy for him and you will like Jay Mohr.
I enjoy the romantic comedy genre, so I gave it a shot.I won't say that Picture Perfect was completely awful because I did watch it all the way through.
Enough said.Kate's boss only shows his female staff respect based on whether or not they are "stable", which in this case is determined by whether or not Kate is showing signs that she's in a committed relationship.Kate's friend encourages her to lie and cheat in order to fool her boss into thinking she's "stable".Kate's mom is portrayed as an overbearing mother whose self-worth depends on the constant reassurance that her daughter cares about her.Kate's other work colleagues are portrayed as gossip-mongering and thoughtless.Don't be tempted to watch this.
Part of that is due to the fact that everyone in the cast is likable, particularly Jennifer Anniston, who I'm not a big fan of, and Jay Mohr, who I like but aside from JERRY MAGUIRE haven't seen much of.
However, if you enjoy charming little movies this will probably appeal and the characters add to the charm of the movie, and were "perfectly" played by Jennifer Aniston, who seems to excel at the quirky working girl, and Jay Mohr as Nick, who gave a convincing performance of the "geeky" but kind hearted soul.
PICTURE PERFECT is truly a bit of fluff, a story that has been posed many times before in other successful date movies, a movie that would easily be dismissed were it not for the reminder that Jennifer Aniston has a finely honed sense of comic timing that keeps her in the top of the league for actresses in this metre today.Aniston plays a career conscious young woman who hires a wedding photographer to pose as her boyfriend in order to test the interest of a man who has caught her eye and demonstrate to her company her degree of commitment to her job.
The cast includes the under-used Jay Mohr, a wasted role for Kevin Bacon, and only slight nods to the talents of actors such as Olympia Dukakis and Illeana Douglas.
Picture Perfect is my favourite Jennifer Aniston movie.
Still, even though not many of them do very well on release, (That will change soon though.) she still does a good job in all of them, including this one.Picture Perfect is about Kate, (Jennifer Aniston.) a woman who really can't find love.
One day Kate is at a friends wedding and she meets Nick (Jay Mohr.) who is there to film the wedding.
Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Bacon and Jay Mohr are all great here too.
Jay Mohr turns in a very likable performance as Nick and Kevin Bacon charms the audience in a lesser role.
A high grade supporting cast adds to the pleasure of this, Olympia Dukakis is a delight as Jennifer's brassy mom, the always dependable Ileana Douglas fun as her friend, Kevin Bacon has a snarky charm as the office gigolo and Kevin Dunn offers a nice turn as her boss..
Take nice-looking characters and direct them in super slo-mo, and you have "Picture Perfect." Some of the scenes--e.g., the one in the restaurant to meet Kate's fiancé--might have been funny, but the leaden direction turned them deadly dull.
Also, Jennifer Aniston & The Ever-Amazing Kevin Bacon give spirited performances.'Picture Perfect' Synopsis: Kate is working on a career at Mercer Advertising but is passed up for promotion because she's not stable enough, still being single and having no ties to the company.
A story is made up about her being engaged to Nick, a guy whom she just met at a friend's wedding, and all seems to work out well for Kate.
Glenn Gordon Caron's Direction is good.As mentioned before, Jennifer Aniston & The Ever-Amazing Kevin Bacon give spirited performances.
Jennifer Aniston appears to have quite successfully lost the friends tag with this film, and pulls off a successful performance opposite Kevin Bacon's cool support.
Desperately-single advertising employee, who apparently lands all the biggest accounts for the firm based on her sheer talent and drive, is passed over for a promotion because she lives her life like "a college student"; her gal-pal invents a fiancée for her friend, but soon this unkissed honeybunch has to pony up her non-existent boyfriend for a big dinner with the boss.
Jennifer Aniston struggles with creating a character out of absolutely nothing; she has a few nice, quiet moments, but her big scenes fall flat because the writing and directing are so bad.
Jay Mohr, as a video-photographer for weddings, probably comes off the best here, even though there are no romantic sparks between him and Aniston (they seem more like brother and sister).
Once again, Illeana Douglas is wasted in a second-banana role (she begins the movie calling the shots but then simply evaporates); Kevin Bacon has it even worse in a himbo role (and his long hair looks really unprofessional for an account executive in New York City!).
Picture perfect is the kind of movie that can be watched no matter what mood or frame of mind you happen to be in.
You simply have to put aside the serious side of your life for an hour and half and join the characters in a charming story of love, life and success!Jennifer Aniston puts in a convincing performance as the independent and determined Kate Mosley, and Jay Mohr plays the sweet and lovable Nick.
I have now seen it many, many times and it still captures my imagination and my heart.Contrary to popular belief - you don't have to be a slushy romantic at heart or even a Jennifer Aniston fan to enjoy this movie.
In 2005 a new film much like this one came out called "The Wedding Date" and I was disappointed in it, because they stole "Picture Perfect's" storyline.
But I still liked it - this is possibly due to the fact I'm a sucker for romance (and awwwww Jay Mohr's character is soooo sweet!) and I like Jennifer Aniston (but what is going on with her clothes and make-up in this film?!).
Picture Perfect Not Bad. Jennifer Aniston makes her debut as a bona-fide leading lady in Picture Perfect, in which she plays a talented and charming advertising director named Kate Mosley -- and I do mean charming!
On top of everything else, Kate, tired of dating an endless stream of losers, falls for bad-boy co-worker Sam Mayfair (Kevin Bacon), who unfortunately only dates `unavailable' woman and finds Kate `too nice.'Her colleague Darcy O'Neal (Illeana Douglas) invents a fictional fiancee for Kate based on a silly, random photo taken with a Bostonian named Nick (Jerry McGuire's Jay Mohr) at a wedding the week before.
We, the audience, are forced to root for Joe Ordinary (Mohr) over Joe Cool (Bacon), knowing that his hapless, hayseed schtick is probably three yawns too tired for a city-slicker like Aniston's character.
Whilst Kevin Bacon's character lacked substance, Jay Mohr created a guy, that even I fell in love with.
For some reason I really liked this movie because if you put yourself in Jennifer Aniston's shoes you start to get the goose bumps.
I thought that Jay Mohr was lovable and makes you want to take him home to your mom.The only thing that bothered me was Jennifer Aniston's character's name.
Hopefully she'll make the switch before her cleaving re-arranging affectations becomes sad and tired rather than cute and winning.Kevin Bacon either read a different script than the one they actually used, or he owed big money to the wrong people, because he's badly underused in this film.
Watching a young Jenifer Aniston is always amazing, but in this movie she portrayed her character Kate very well.
At the height of her 'Friends' success, this film really is nothing more than a showcase for Jennifer Aniston to launch herself on the big screen.So we get to see her play sexy, adorably goofy, straight talking - at times it feels like this is her show reel for future directors to see.
While 1997's "Picture Perfect" wasn't Jennifer Aniston's first movie, it was her first starring role.
Her best friend (Illeana Douglas) encourages her to fake an engagement to a guy she barely knows from Boston, Nick (Jay Mohr), and then stage a break-up after she gets promoted.
Meanwhile, Kevin Bacon lurks in the background as the office lothario.Jennifer proves that she has what it takes to carry a major film, no sweat; it's just that the movie in question is mediocre.
In Picture Perfect Jennifer Aniston is Kate working in an ad agency with a thing for work colleague Kevin Bacon, who only goes out for women with commitments such as being married in order to avoid commitments himself.One day Kate's friend tells everyone at the office that Kate is engaged to Jay Mohr in order to get promotion at work.
Jay is a photographer she met earlier at a wedding and now she needs to convince him to pretend to be her fiancé.Over time Jay falls for her although once she is seen to be attached Kevin Bacon finally makes a mover for her.There is a horrible odour of deceit in the plotting of this film.
Both Bacon and Aniston play nasty, self centred people with only Jay Mohr playing a decent character and he is the only one who uplifts the film thanks to the actors subtle and sincere performance..
- knew I was in for one of those 'bog-standard' americanized ham-fisted attempts at romantic comedy and in that respect I wasn't disappointed.I have never been over-awed with Jennifer Aniston - yes, I don't deny she is attractive and appealing - but her on-screen performances always leave me non-plussed; she is invariably agreeable and wants to be 'likeable' and maybe it is that "desire to please" that I find objectionable?
Kate (Jennifer Aniston) works in advertising but can't really progress in her job because everybody else has a nice stable marriage and a house of their own, and she's unlucky in love and still staying with her mother.
It impresses her colleagues and bags her Sam. Kate pays Nick to pose as her fictitious man but her plan gets screwed up a little when he falls in love with her.I know that the advertising industry might be concerned with the 'image' of employees but I doubt that they would imply that being single and living with your mother meant that you had no career path.
Kevin Bacon is actually quite good as Sam- and he makes a nice bit of eye candy, of course (though the hair is BAD).
It starts off as lightly amusing but this is abandoned for a more serious romantic tone (it's rather depressing in places as well), which spoils the fun a little, seeing as both Bacon and Aniston show that they could have handled a rom-com script.
I saw this as the sunday night movie and switched it on to see my favourite 'friend' jennifer aniston.Picture perfect is perhaps more of a chick-flick (a romantic comedy), but I guess most guys would find it bareable.
A lighthearted movie, the story opens with Jennifer Aniston (as Kate Mosley) making out on the couch with a date.
To further secure her position at the agency, Kate is thrown at the deep end by her well-meaning though slightly pretentious friend Darcy; also a colleague at work, who lets slip that Kate is engaged (when she isn't even seeing anyone!) Kate works overtime trying to convince her superiors at work that she is the right person for the job, whilst at the same time 'dressing for the part' by parading around Nick (a guy she met at a friend's wedding for barely an hour or two) played by Jay Mohr, as her fiance.
Very much in the mold of 'Friends" stars' movies, Picture Perfect can best be described as cute but forgettable.
Jay Mohr(who I am a fairly big fan of, and because of whom I watched the film at all) does very good, as usual.
Jennifer Aniston carries the movie, but everyone is good.
Mom (Olympia Dukakis), Nick (Jay Mohr), and Sam (Kevin Bacon) are especially good in their roles.
It follows a very basic plot, with no twists but does so in a fun way.Sitting down to watch this on video my wife and I predicted the plot from the first few minutes, and so could focus on the way the portrayal of the characters happened.There is actually very little character development in this film, nice girl, good guy, bad guy, boss who ain't so bad by the end.
I think that Jennifer Aniston did a great job in this movie and that she is one of the greatest actresses EVER!
Jennifer Aniston is more than capable of pulling off the role required of her here - a character in the style favoured by many romcoms as their central figure, pretty and nice enough but a little self-centred, ready for the lesson in life that leads them into the happy relationship at the end.
If you are a big fan of Kevin Bacon,(Sam Mayfair),"Apollo13",'95, and Jennifer Anniston,(Kate Mosley),"Leprechaun",'93 you will certainly enjoy this very amusing and entertaining film about Kate Mosley who apparently has the hots for two men in her life and plays the real sexy role with both of them.
Jennifer Anniston put her heart and soul into this film and Kevin Bacon was a great supporting actor.
Jennifer Aniston plays Kate Mosley, who works in an ad agency.
'Picture Perfect' is a simple comedy that is somewhat entertaining, but nothing to brag about.Jennifer Aniston is a good actress.
A prop to help her get what she wants.What she wants is to sleep with a serial womaniser, to get promotion and higher pay and that's about it really.Then when she gets them she decides they aren't as shiny as she thought they'd be and wants the 'thing/stranger/wedding guy' to be her permanent plaything instead.She still has no idea about him as a person other than he took the time to get to know her (and for some incomprehensible reason given her behaviour and lack of any redeeming characteristics) and bought her a watch to replace one she lost as a child.Yet based on this tenuous reason she admits the subterfuge to her bosses and risks her job.
From director Glenn Gordon Caron, "Picture Perfect" is a predictable, everyday romantic comedy that is lifted above the drudgery by the movie's bright cast alone.Jennifer Aniston is a fresh, enjoyable movie newcomer.
"Kate" (Jennifer Aniston) is a young, single and promising employee of an advertising company who is held back because the boss, "Mr. Mercer" (Kevin Dunn) doesn't believe that her current life situation is stable enough to keep her fully committed to working at the firm.
Basically at Mercer Advertising, single Kate Mosley (Jennifer Aniston) is trying to build up to a better career at the company, and even when suggesting a great and chosen idea for a campaign, isn't promoted.
The story may be predictable mostly, and even on the preposterous side, but Aniston (in her days of Friends' success) is likable, and it is a good-natured romantic comedy.
One of the most memorable things about the movie for me that I really like and remember to this day is the watch story.
One of the most interesting aspect of this movie is its allegory with the real Aniston as she is also so obsessed with her career and never would end up with a guy like Jay Mohr more like Brad Pitt, and dated tons of dead beats.
I got this movie because I'm a big Jennifer Aniston fan.
Picture Perfect (1997): Dir: Glenn Gordon Caron / Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Jay Mohr, Kevin Bacon, Olympia Dukakis, Kevin Dunn: Romantic comedy about expectations fooled by false representations of self.
It stars Jennifer Aniston as an advertising executive who invents the picture perfect date in order to advance her career.