The Perfect You

An ambitious, fussbudgety TV reporter finds romance with her polar opposite, a downwardly mobile waiter living with his father, in this romantic comedy set in New York City. Whitney is short-fused young woman whose career takes her to the Big Apple to compete for an on-air position for one of the biggest networks in the country. On the way to the interview, she asks directions from a sardonic Gothamite named Jimmy, when the two cross paths again later in the day, Whitney’s harsh demeanor leads Jimmy to mistakenly believe that she’s a prostitute. The two go on a series of dates with other suitors, but their chance encounters become more and more frequent, and both Jimmy and Whitney find out that the other may be a more appropriate mate than he or she first thought., A TV news reporter (Jenny McCarthy) meets Mr. Right (Chris Eigeman) on the Brooklyn Bridge—after she hits him with her car. Written and directed by Matthew Miller. A.k.a. “The Perfect You.”, An ambitious, fussbudgety TV reporter finds romance with her polar opposite, a downwardly mobile waiter living with his father, in this romantic comedy set in New York City. Former MTV staple Jenny McCarthy plays Whitney, a short-fused young woman whose career takes her to the Big Apple to compete for an on-air position for one of the biggest networks in the nation. On the way to the interview, she asks directions from a sardonic Gothamite named Jimmy (Christopher Eigeman); when the two cross paths again later in the day, Whitney’s harsh demeanor leads Jimmy to mistakenly believe that she’s a prostitute. The two go on a series of dates with other suitors, but their chance encounters become more and more frequent, and both Jimmy and Whitney find out that the other may be a more appropriate mate than he or she first thought. The Perfect You toured a series of film festivals including the Los Angeles Film Festival before appearing on the Oxygen network in 2003.