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The Perfect Guy is a american film of genre Drama directed by David M. Rosenthal released in USA on 11 september 2015 with Sanaa Lathan
The Perfect Guy (2015)
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Add to a movie listThe Perfect Guy is a 2015 American thriller film directed by David M. Rosenthal and written by Alan B. McElroy and Tyger Williams. The film stars Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, and Morris Chestnut. Ealy and Lathan also served as executive producers on the film. The film was released in North America on September 11, 2015. It has grossed $57 million at the box office but received mostly negative reviews from critics, who found its brand of thriller unambitious and clichéd.
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Successful lobbyist Leah Vaughn (Sanaa Lathan) is unhappy in her relationship with her boyfriend Dave King (Morris Chestnut), as he does not feel ready to commit to her wishes of starting a family, causing them to break up. Two months later, she ends up meeting the charming Carter Duncan (Michael Ealy), who works in IT for another company. They quickly grow close, and he manages to work his way into the hearts of her friends as well as her mother and father. On their way home from a trip to San Francisco to meet her parents, a stranger inquires Leah about Carter's Dodge Charger at a gas station. Carter viciously attacks the man before the mortified Leah, and he takes off when the station's owner orders them to leave at gunpoint. Leah decides to break up with Carter that night, distraught over his actions and his desperate attempts to apologize.Actors
Sanaa Lathan
(Leah Vaughn)
Michael Ealy
(Carter Duncan)
Morris Chestnut
(Dave King)
Charles Dutton
(Roger Vaughn)
Kathryn Morris
(Karen)
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