The Perfect Woman

The Perfect Woman (1993) is a feature film. Top cast includes Illeana Douglas, Martha Plimpton, and Alison Martin. The narrative builds around escalating stakes, urgent decisions, and action-driven momentum.

Actor: Illeana Douglas

The camera focuses up close on a series of unnamed women as they talk to their men. In every case, even though we don't hear what the men are saying, we know exactly what line and lie they're pitching. The women, who are desperate for affection and a relationship, apologize, bend over backwards to accommodate, cooperate with every male fantasy, tolerate every male insecurity, ignore infidelities, and pick up the check.