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Perfect Day, A
MOVIE: TNT, Monday 12/18 at 8:00p (120 minutes)


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Starring Rob Lowe, Paget Brewster, Frances Conroy, Jude Ciccolella, Rowena King, Kevin Dunn, Damon Lipari, and Christopher Lloyd

An author learns how to stop being a jerk in this "A Christmas Carol"-esque holiday telefilm adapted from Richard Paul Evans' novel.

GENRE(S):	Drama, Holiday
FIRST AIR DATE:	December 18, 2006

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New York Post Linda Stasi

As soapy, sappy, Christmas adaptations go, this one's pretty good - until it totally falls apart at the end with the most preposterous finale imaginable.

Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn

This milquetoast cable movie doesn't even have the guts to make its protagonist dislikable enough to deserve a lesson. [22 Dec 2006, p.71]

Variety Laura Fries

"A Perfect Day is a Christmas movie" only in the sense the movie's denouement coincides with Christmas. Otherwise, it's just a run-of-the-mill contrivance where problems are easily rectified and life can be distilled into greeting card sentiments.

USA Today Robert Bianco

If straining-to-be-inspirational, card-shop stocking fillers such as A Perfect Day are the best TV can do, then really, leave us to contemplate the meaning of the season in peace.

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray

The 22,013th ripoff of "A Christmas Carol" would be bad enough, but "A Perfect Day" jerks us back to so-called reality with a tricky ending that left me more angry than uplifted.

The average user rating for this tv show is 4.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
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Rita W gave it a7:
I liked it. Yes, it was a little sappy, but so what? Rob Lowe is great in this movie, as in anything he plays in. Great traditional family values----money and fame are not everything.

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Perfect Day, A MOVIE: TNT, Monday 12/18 at 8:00p (120 minutes)

Perfect Day, A
MOVIE: TNT, Monday 12/18 at 8:00p (120 minutes)