What is The Perfect Date about?
No beau? No problem! To earn money for college, a high schooler creates a dating app that lets him act as a stand-in boyfriend.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
A charming high schooler invents a dating app, becoming a stand-in boyfriend to fund his college dreams.
Romantic and earnest, with wholesome humor. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Netflix.
The Perfect Date parents guide
Nothing past what a PG-13 promises: some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- No real violence
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Cast and crew
Directed byChris Nelson
StarringNoah Centineo, Laura Marano, Odiseas Georgiadis, Camila Mendes, Matt Walsh, Joe Chrest
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