The Perfect Date

This movie reminds me of what I call "Early life crisis ". Everyone goes through a stage in life where they try to find out who they really are.  When that time comes one does not need to feel bad or alone because everyone passes through that phase. To anyone passing through that I just want to let you know that you are not alone we are all trying to figure out who we are.
      This movie is about a teenage boy named Brooks Rattigan (Noah Centineo)  a high school senior who does not really know who he is in life.  All he dreams about is going to Yale but he does not know what he will do after that.  Brooks lives with his father Charlie Rattigan (Matt Walsh)  who was a struggling writer.  His mother is not in their life because she is married to someone else and she has another family.

Charlie wants Brooks to go to University of Connecticut because it is cheaper and he does not have enough funds for Yale. Brooks tells his father not to worry about the fees that he will handle it. In his bid to acquire his fees Brooks starts a business as a non sexual male escort to ladies who in return pay him.  His best friend Murph (Odiseas Georgiadis)  creates an app "The Stand-in" which will enable girls book him and let him know how they want him to appear.
   Brooks is an expert at becoming whatever people want him to be succeeds at his business.  While playing the role of a boyfriend to Celia (Laura Marano) his first customer he meets Shelby (Camila Mendes) whom he falls in love with. Celia was trying to get the attention of another guy whom she has a crush on. After wasted efforts of both of them to form a relationship with other people they realize that they are in love with each other. Brooks rethinks everything and realizes that all this while he has been struggling with finding out who he is.

   WHAT TO LEARN FROM THE PERFECT DATE
1) Friendship: In this movie Brooks and Murph had a beautiful friendship. Brooks put the relationship in jeopardy when his male escort business was booming.  He later realizes his mistake and Murph forgave him.

2) Everyone struggles to figure out who they are in life even without knowing it sometimes.  Brooks was obsessed with going to Yale without knowing what he will do next.  He found it easier to be someone else because he does not know who he really is. His father brought it to his notice that he is trying to figure out who he is in life.  He also told him that everyone passes through that phase.
     The perfect date is a teenage romantic comedy directed by Chris Nelson. Fans of "To all the boys I've  ever loved" will love this one.  It is not rated. It runs for 89 minutes.  It was released on April 12,2019.