The Perfect Man is out, and the pans — I mean the reviews — are in. But while it’s been an easy task for movie critics to savage the latest Hillary Duff big-screen vehicle, newspaper editors nationwide have seemingly had a tougher time dipping into their bags of puns and creating Perfectly scathing headlines. How else to explain such dreary efforts from the New York Daily News, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and Fort Worth Star Telegram.
A few headlines, however, got me chuckling even before I’d hooked up my Diet Coke IV drip. And the winners are…
Best headline-subhed combo: Newsday
No man’s land: Run, guys! It’s the blonde leading the blonde into dating hell
Most succinct: San Jose Mercury News
Most likely to be confused with science page: EITB24
Saccharine thickly and sickly applied on ‘The Perfect Man’
Best combination of words ‘schlock’ and ‘monkeys’: The Daily Californian
On what planet is Heather Loclear supposed to be believable as a gal who can’t snag a man? Did they put glasses on her? Or maybe put her in overalls?
C’mon, people. Really.