The Perfect Man (2005)

There's a thin line sometimes between stories that should have stayed as television movies and those that deserve to be blown up for the big screen; this film is fine for viewing at home and then forgetting, but to try to make something more meaningful out of this bit of fluff is hopeless, especially since two of the three leads -- Heather Locklear and Chris Noth -- are best known for their TV roles.  The third lead and presumably conceived as a vehicle for her is young Hilary Duff, one of the least offensive young comers.  Her mother moves her and her younger sister across the country on a regular basis every time that she is dumped by an unsuitable boyfriend.  When she lands up in Brooklyn (huh?) where there is the promise of a more stable life, Duff creates a fictitious beau to keep her mum happy and to forestall her relationship with a geeky baker.  This would-be lover is based on her friend's uncle (Noth) and initially Duff must keep him away from her mother to avoid being found-out; this includes some really dumb antics at the restaurant which he runs and at a wedding that he is catering.  In the end, mother and daughters learn the value of family, the strengths in being oneself, and of course the promise of real love all round.  Apart from there being no 'disease-of-the-week', perfect TV fare.