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2015 · drama · thriller

The Perfect Guy

Directed by David M. Rosenthal1h 40m2015
ElsewhereIMDb5.612kRT19%Metacritic36
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • intense
Movie DNA

Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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With a fulfilling career and a loving relationship, lobbyist Leah Vaughn seems to have it all. Things come crashing down when Dave, her long-term boyfriend, disagrees with her future plans for marriage and a family. The resulting painful breakup leaves Leah heartbroken, until she meets the charming and handsome Carter Duncan. Soon, the budding romance turns dangerous as Carter reveals his volatile nature, forcing Leah to break up with the man she thought was Mr. Right. She soon realizes that Carter doesn't want to let her go.

Our read · The Perfect Guy (2015) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a glossy stalker thriller that keeps tightening screws after romance.

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 8attention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencejump scarescringe humiliation

Skip it tonightSkip if predictable thriller logic or stalking dread feels too familiar.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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