It is a dramatic film embodies the distinctive romantic paths that the coaches of aerobics live with. These coaches meet a male reporter who writes a story about health clubs and perhaps a new love story.
If you're curious about why the gifted Tavolta's film career stalled in the mid-80s, 'Perfect' is the perfect explanation.
New York Times
May 20, 2003
Perfect is too superficially knowing to be a camp classic, but it's an unintentionally hilarious mixture of muddled moralizing and all-too-contemporary self-promotion.
TV Guide
July 26, 2009
The movie is devoid of laughs, thanks to James Bridges' characteristically humorless direction.
John Travolta continues his wearisome trek through America's fleeting enthusiasms, though this time he arrives a day late (wasn't aerobics over a couple of years before this?) and a few dollars short.