I don't really have a preference when it comes to romantic comedies: Some of them are great and others get on my nerves. I really enjoy "Love Actually," for example. However, I don't know if it is just because I am older but the romcoms of modern-day high school students kind of get on my nerves.
[source](http://www.thevro.com/wp-content/uploads/the-perfect-date-poster-2-790x439.jpg)The story begins with the main character Brooks Rattigan (played by Noah Centineo), a highly intelligent high-school senior who has dreams of attending Yale but lacks the money to do so. One day he overhears a conversation about a guy who is being paid to go on a date with a rich high-school girl but doesn't want to do it. Brooks steps in to do the job for him. It is at this point the Brooks learns that he has the confidence and good-looks to adapt to various scenarios and with the help of a friend sets up an app so that other people can hire him to be an "escort" for various dates.
[source](https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/standin_emm_day17_0229r.jpg)This is where the film kind of started the eye-rolling that remained for the rest of the film and this is a bad thing because it is the entire premise of the film. It seems very unlikely to me that even rich people would be willing to shell out money for a guy to accompany them to various functions for an undisclosed amount of money (it is assumed it is a lot, because he has a gauge on his phone that shows him how close he is getting to his Yale tuition... which would be a tremendous amount of money.)
The film is also painfully predictable.
It is evident from the start that the very first "date" he goes on involves a girl that he is going to end up having feelings for. She knows about his app and is cool with it, at first. This of course gradually becomes something that she doesn't want him to do anymore and he is in a real pickle (sarcasm) because he must choose between his dreams of attending Yale, or having a relationship with her.
Is this film bad or do I just have nothing in common with tweens? I suppose it could be both but even though I find these sorts of scenarios annoying and impractical, I think that most people in this movie's target demographic might feel the same way I do about it. If you are 14 years old and have completely unrealistic ideas about how life works, this movie might work for you. For me, it was just cringe. The acting and production value are sound though, so therefore I won't completely destroy it.
