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May 18, 2010

Lying to Be Perfect is a made-for-television movie from Lifetime based on the novel The Cinderella Pact by Sarah Strohmeyer. Now, movie plot aside, let us discuss the acting, or lack there of. Poor Poppy Montgomery has little to no appeal as an actress and seems to struggle in carrying this movie. Her acting is weak and transparent. She has no chemistry with Horsdal or Wasilewski, her supposed “best friends”. In the shared scenes she seems out of place among them. And given the fact that Montgomery’s real-life boyfriend Adam Kaufman plays her suitor, she has no chemistry with him either. All in all, she falls flat in all her scenes and comes up short as a lead actress. It is Horsdal or Wasilewski who made watching this train wreck even close to bearable. They are both honest and funny and real in their performances, making them the only characters I cared about. Kaufman seems lost as Nola’s suitor. He is fine to look at but he did nothing with the role.

All in all, making a successful jump from page to screen is entirely dependent on three things. First thing is material, pick a good book to adapt. “The Cinderella Pact” is an OK book but it is not film worthy. The characters that Strohmeyer created are neither deep nor insightful on the page; therefore those short comings will be exacerbated on screen. The second thing is a cast. Use likable actors and actresses that best portray those in the book. If the part calls for a plus sized woman, use a plus sized woman. There are plenty of talented ones out there. There’s no need to put a Hollywood stick figure in a fat suit, i.e. Julia Roberts in “America’s Sweethearts” or Gwyneth Paltrow in “Shallow Hal”. The third thing you must remember is likability, for both story and character. Is the story one that will entertain? Will people care about the characters? Will people be able to “buy” the story? More importantly, will they want to buy it? In the case of this adaptation, it fails to meet all the criteria. The only way I’d watch it again is at 2am and my only other option was infomercials. “

Director: Gary Harvey
Release Date: 30 January 2010 (USA)
Run Time: 89 min
Country: USA , Canada
Genre: Comedy , Drama , Romance