![the perfect stranger movie 2006 the perfect stranger movie 2006](https://img.24reel.com/cdn/big/movie/c5cbb182-1dee-4dcb-8b1f-79dbdfb9b78d.jpg)
In any case, I’m glad I finally got a chance to see this movie, and if you are a fan of James, Donnie, or An Officer and a Gentleman, you too might find this flick surprisingly satisfying. Every movie I see him in these days just impresses the bejesus out of me (I also recently saw him in The Dead Girl and really enjoyed him in that as well), so watch for a Boyfriend write-up on him soon.
THE PERFECT STRANGER MOVIE 2006 SERIES
I’ve had my eye on James for years now, ever since he was in the great series Freaks and Geeks, but it wasn’t until about the last year or two that I really started to notice just how incredibly damn good he really is. What saves this movie from being a crappy rip-off of a much better film, though, is, in a phrase: James Franco. At least it means you get to see James with his shirt off a lot, right? Wait, “the ring”? Oh yeah, forgot to mention there’s a lot of boxing in this movie, too. Miyagi at the end of The Karate Kid, nodding in silent pride as his son stumbles out of the ring, and teaching us all an important lesson about “not giving up on your father even when he acts like an ass most of the time.”
![the perfect stranger movie 2006 the perfect stranger movie 2006](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Perfect_Stranger_Poster.jpg)
The movie has absolutely nothing original to offer in any way - there’s the fat underdog kid who can’t get through the obstacle course and when he finally does, teaches us all an important lesson about heart there’s the big African-American tough-guy superior (a Marine, naturally) who attempts to make Huard’s life a living hell and finally teaches him an important lesson about leadership and there’s even a scene at the end featuring Huard’s estranged father (Brian Goodman - love him) looking just like Mr. Burton, played by the ubiquitous Donnie Wahlberg) and Burton pulled some strings to get him in at the last minute (eventually becoming a mentor to Huard when Huard finally learns an important lesson about the importance of asking for help).
![the perfect stranger movie 2006 the perfect stranger movie 2006](https://cdn2.christiancinema.com/images/catalog/4897_nikki_perfectstranger3_flat_lg.jpg)
Though his grades were crappy, his application caught the attention of a lieutenant (Lt. Naval Academy at Annapolis, dreaming his whole life of escaping his father’s career as a riveter and getting into the Academy instead. Franco plays Huard, a young man who has grown up in the shipyards across the water from the U.S. That is, though it was exactly what I suspected - An Officer and a Gentleman starring James Franco as Richard Gere - it was nowhere near as BAD as I expected. It had been on my list of potentially-bad-movies-to-watch-anyway, and I figured if it was going to be free, there was no excuse for not finally getting down to it.
THE PERFECT STRANGER MOVIE 2006 FOR FREE
We have the STARZ movie channel for free this weekend, and when I noticed this flick was playing on it, I decided to record it and give it a shot.