“It was W. C. Fields who hated to appear in the same scene with a child, a dog, or a plunging neckline - because nobody in the audience would be looking at him. Jennifer Aniston has the same problem in this movie even when she's in scenes all by herself.”

—  Roger Ebert

Review http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/picture-perfect-1997 of Picture Perfect (1 August 1997)
Reviews, Two star reviews

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