Rotten
John Travolta continues his wearisome trek through America's fleeting enthusiasms, though this time he arrives a day late (wasn't aerobics over a couple of years before this?) and a few dollars short.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Perfect
John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis work up a sweat together!
1985 · 1h 55m · Approved
Drama, Romance
Directed by
James Bridges
Overview
A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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18%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Pic is guilty of the sins it condemns - superficiality, manipulation and smugness.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
Muddled saga of journalistic ethics.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Rotten
Perfect is too superficially knowing to be a camp classic, but it's an unintentionally hilarious mixture of muddled moralizing and all-too-contemporary self-promotion.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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