Perfect on Paper

Lindsay Hartley is a book editor working out of Portland Oregon with a great head for pulling the best points out of a book and a lousy heart for picking guys to fall in love with. So, when her best friend calls her down to Los Angeles to edit best-selling author Morgan Fairchild's latest trashy romance novel, she finds herself trapped between Miss Fairchild's take-it-or-leave-it attitude and two guys. One of the guys looks perfect on paper; he's a rising entertainment lawyer. The other is a nice ne'er-do-well.

Well, it's a Hallmark romantic comedy, so we know how it will turn out, complete with the well-mannered Black boy Lindsay and the nice guy mentor. Nonetheless, director Ron Oliver gets some good performances out of his actors. Morgan Fairchild shows some subtlety and frozen humor in her role, quite at odds with the writing. In fact, the script seems to have extraneous issues stripped out to pace the whole show faster and funnier than it rates to be.

It's still not great, but it is a very watchable time-waster.

We watch a lot of Hallmark movies and we enjoy them. The lowest I've ever rated a Hallmark movie is a 6. This one, in my book, gets a "1". It is bad. No other Hallmark movie comes close to this one...I recommend you skip it!

These characters are not likable, they're problems are drivel, and could easily be overcome by finishing a conversation instead of becoming offended before the sentence is even finished, and walking away. The writing is stilted and boring. Someone needs to smack the interferring best friend/boss, but maybe that's what happens when you have 20-somethings running a publishing house...

Cinderella, the Prince Charming, the Witch ( bad- good). And a fake fairy tale , in the frame of editor work and generousity - anonymous - of a young philantropist. The film is saved by Morgan Fairchild , reminding more a character of Beverly novels than a writer of them. Lindsay Hartley is the worst option for the role of Natalie.

Perfect On Paper is your typical TV movie. Natalie played by Lindsay Hartley is a rookie book editor who is given the opportunity for her dream job at her friend's company. It turns out that the client/author she is assigned to is an absolute tyrant who nobody else is willing to touch.

Why somebody would hire her friend and toss her under the bus putting her own company at risk, is never really explained.

Hartley is okay in he lead role but it is author Beverly Wilcox who steals the show. She is suitably 'Lost In Showbiz' and pitches her character absolutely perfectly (excuse the pun) for the role and style of movie.

The two potential love interests were a little similar for my eyes both in appearance and behaviour, I would have liked more of a contrast.

The other support actors were likeable and slightly over the top in a good kind of way.

This is very light viewing but ticks a few boxes and sits neatly in Hallmark's winning tV movie formula.