Kevin C. Wong

Movie - The Perfect Date (2019) [+]

The Perfect Date is a teen rom-com released on Netflix. Brooks (Noah Centineo) aspired to attend Harvard but to pay for tuition he'll need to earn a bunch of money. After being paid to escort a classmate's sister, Celia (Laura Marano), on a blind date he and his friend get the idea to sell his services as a blind date companion using an app. Brooks makes money, he learns to love taking on a new role every night, and he becomes a more confident person whilst deepening his friendship with Celia. But once Brooks achieves his goals, including dating the school princess, he realizes that it's Celia he really wants...

The movie starts out a bit shallow and East Coast accents are a bit jarring. But eventually the story settles in and it's kind of nice seeing Brooks himself develop and Brooks/Celia relationship develop. It leads to an ending that works and is satisfying.