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So much average

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

And uneven 80s romance drama that just doesn't work. The characters might want to be perfect in their physique but this movie is far from perfect. Even if you were to cut out half an hour of this 2-hour movie it will still be boring. It's very difficult to like the main characters let alone root for them twards the end of the movie. If you like 80's movies, skip this you'll be better off.

I can't believe this movie passed me by for 32 years... It's themed around the '80s aerobics craze. It's got a funky synthy dance pop soundtrack. And it has John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Marilu Henner!! I literally DO NOT KNOW why I hadn't heard of this movie. It shouldn't be the case that I'd have watched the B-movie Heavenly Bodies (which also has a sick soundtrack by the way) before I even hear of Perfect.There is good chemistry between the lead couple. They both radiate an inner glow. And they have nice hair.Jamie Lee Curtis has such a tight toned bod. It's a real feast for the eyes to see her in legwarmers, thrusting and bending in all manner of positions. When Travolta's character first laid eyes on her he stays voyeuristically by the doorway, tantalized by the spectacle. I would imagine anyone else would have been the same. Throughout you get to see her in a host of different leotards and sweats; there's this nice loose-sleeved, short-skirted, tied-at-the-waist one-piece ensemble - which she complements with a sweatband - that you see briefly. Another memorable non-leotard outfit is this loose-fitting pink flightsuit/jumpsuit thing that she pairs with aviators.Which segues me onto my next point: If Top Gun felt a little contrived with an unsatisfying plot - but you forgave for its killer soundtrack and breathtaking aerial sequences - then Perfect hits all the points ... well, perfectly. It has breathtaking sexy aerobics sequences, and a great soundtrack, yes - but it also has a proper plot. A couple of them, in fact, that weave seamlessly in the story arc. It's well-written. Good dialogue - I like the seduction with clever conversation, and the speaking-in-sensual-aerobics-metaphors. In short, the movie is uncontrived. It has a story. Which isn't shoehorned. This isn't just "an aerobics movie" that leads to a sexual dance-off in a hot n sweaty gym glass, in the same way that Top Gun is "a fighter pilot movie" that leads to climactic air battles. There's real drama here.And I love Marilu Henner. I think she's so pretty and glamorous. It's a real treat to see her body in her workout gear. A very sexy, shapely woman. And her hair is gorgeous.

While promoting "Pulp Fiction" back in the 1990's Tarantino while explaining his casting of John Travolta in what would be one of his most iconic roles, resurrecting his career and taking to a new status, the writer and director didn't mention "Grease" or "Saturday Night Fever" as why he thought Travolta was a good actor. He quoted loving him in movies such as "Blow Out", "Carrie" and this little gem called "Perfect". Such opinions are quite surprising since most of those films (except "Carrie") weren't box-office hits neither well criticized, some gaining cult status in the following years of its release. However, even with Quentin's approval "Perfect" still finds a great deal of unexplainable resistance among film buffs, currently giving to this one of the most absurd low ratings ever given to a quite decent movie. A short way to explain the story is thinking of an "Absence of Malice" made for the masses: it deals with ethics in journalism with Travolta playing a biased Rolling Stone reporter while unsatisfied with the running of a controversial article involving political officials dealing with corruption charges, decides to write a new and apparently harmless article on health clubs and their new function as being a cool dating place replacing the decadent singles bars. Yeah, why bothering going in places where everybody is so down when you go to a happier place, make lots of exercise and meet guys and girls with perfect bodies? There's something worth writing he thinks. Working as an obstacle to this story is a gym instructor (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) who doesn't trust reporters after a career damaging event when a reporter distorted facts while publishing a story involving her. While Travolta's story goes under false pretensions (with a bit of truth in it as well), he can't escape resisting some affection he has by the main character of his article, who each day goes by starts to like this guy, believing he's about to write a good report on the gym and its attendees. The stone in the way of this movie is that its lack of seriousness while the events are being unfolded, often deeply concerned about the romance between the main characters. At times you think something really dangerous is about to happen, he's being followed by someone due to the other inflammable article where Travolta is torn in between telling about what his source said to him on an exclusive interview or go to jail to protect his source, but no, the film doesn't take off much from this scenario except towards its conclusion to be used as a closure to the gym instructor situation, a predictable and not very believable device. But "Perfect" manages to keep you hold to your seat due to the reliable and impressive performances of Curtis, Travolta, Laraine Newman, Marilu Henner and small appearances from Kenneth Welsh and David Paymer. It drags down a bit when it stays for too long in the work out exercises, fun for the actors jumping up and down to the coolest and energic 1980's soundtrack but tiring for us viewers seeing an unimaginative lack of camera angles and poor editing which shifts from two different angles instead of being more acrobatic.Story delivered some valid points (although it can look ridiculously dated now since gym's are also definitely places for dating and no one questions those things anymore), might not be perfect (no pun intended), it was well balanced and easy to follow and feel interested. So, why viewers think this is one of the worst movies ever? Makes me wonder what some of you are watching these days. There's plenty of quality in "Perfect", you just need to open your eyes to see it. 9/10

Many of the IMDb users considered this movie to be of no use spending time on - though i was thoroughly reluctant to watch it - i was glad i did - CAUSE I FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT!! Well it was the 80's the time when compared to today, movies were not that great. Well with that in mind - i believe this movie is quite an accomplishment - i remember reading from one of the users of IMDb that this was a bomb, which almost ruined Travolta's career - but i really don't see why - well it is not brilliant - but it is FAR better than all the other razzie winning movies. Performances were not that great - Jamie Lee Curtis is very pretty - and as for John Travolta, he has a brush of Tony Maneiro and Danny Zuko in this character. Well though people may REALLY not want to watch it cause it has been considered as an underdog movie of the eightees era - those people can watch it just for the aerobic workouts - they really sizzle.