THE PERFECT DATE (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Laura Marano (Lady Bird), Noah Centineo (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before), Camila Mendes (The New Romantic), Matt Walsh (Ted), Odiseas Gerorgiadis (All We Had), Wayne Péré (Venom)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Chris Nelson (Ass Backwards), director; Steve Bloom (Jack Frost) and Randall Green (film debut), writers; John Tomko (Falling Down), producer; Bartosz Nalazek (The Purple Onion), cinematographer; Ben Baudhuin (Colossal) and Tara Timpone (Bad Teacher), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Brooks Rattigan (Centineo) is a high school student who aspires to attend his dream college, but lacks the funding to afford it. After he is paid to pose as the boyfriend of the self-assured Celia Lieberman (Marano), he senses an opportunity to make some extra cash to pay for college, so enlists the help of his programmer friend Murph (Gerorgiardis) to create and launch an app for him to act as a plus-one for all occasions…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Netflix breakout star – and future He-Man, if reports are to be believed – Noah Centineo headlines the streaming service’s latest teen rom-com that puts a modern twist on an old situation.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 12TH APRIL 2019 (EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX)

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