Directed by: Mark Rosman
Written by: Gina Wendkos
Produced by: Susan Duff, Marc Platt, Dawn Wolfrom
Other cast: Heather Locklear, Chris Noth, Mike O'Malley, Ben Feldman
Release date: June 17, 2005
Genre: Comedy, Family
Running time: 100 minutes
Every time Jean goes through a bad breakup, she moves her two daughters elsewhere. Determined to make a home in New York, their latest destination, eldest daughter Holly creates a fake online secret admirer for her mother, based on her friend's uncle. But as the "romance" develops, Holly encounters obstacles as her mom falls for the lie. Meanwhile, Holly has found her own love interest this time around in her cute classmate Adam.
Taglines
– The story of a family that wanted it all. Never settle
– Is it all too good to be true?
Trivia
– Second film of Hilary Duff and director Mark Rosman together.
– The premise of the movie, where a loved one impersonates a secret admirer and keeps the ruse alive for far too long, is also the premise of a Golden Girls episode (Season 2, Episode 10) where Blanche and Dorothy pretend to be a secret admirer of Rose to boost her confidence in the dating scene.
Character’s Quotes
– I’m whipped, so time to hit the sheets, even though I have no idea which box there in.
– I want a mom who sees in herself what Zoe and I see everyday. That’s talented and pretty and funny, and cooks great and dances great, and doesn’t need a man to be those things. Okay, so maybe the perfect man wasn’t real. But the perfect you is.
– Hey all you bloggers, it’s me, the girl on the move. Well my mom got her heart broken again, so we’re setting off on another big adventure. That’s my mom’s word for running away.
– It always starts the same. I mean, she starts out hopeful, and then when the perfect man doesn’t come around in two weeks, she gets desperate and hooks up with some loser. Some guy who’s not even good enough to mop her floors. And then, when it doesn’t work out, because it never works out, we pack up and move again, and there’s nothing I can do about it. I can’t even run away because that’s what she does.
– We need to know what the perfect man would do as a follow up to the orchid.
– It’s nothing. It’s just, I’m going through my teenage years. And that’s confusing. I’m confused about who I am and what my purpose is in life. What college I should go to. If I should even go to college. I’m trying to resist peer pressure to do all sorts of things that I know I shouldn’t do, but some of them I kind of want to do. If you know what I mean? I’m considering getting my nose pierced, and my belly button, and nine other parts of my body. But my mom said she would totally kill me if I did that, so now I’m just thinking about getting a tattoo on my back. But it wouldn’t really be considered my back, because it would be so low, that you wouldn’t even be able to see it. Unless I wore my jeans low enough. I’m really confused.
– There is such a thing as the perfect man. And I know exactly who it is for my mum.
