Friends star Jennifer Aniston made her debut as the leading lady of a feature film in this omantic comedy. Kate (Aniston) is an art director with an advertising agency whose personal and professional life is stuck in neutral; while her work is good, her boss Mr. Mercer (Kevin Dunn) wont give her a promotion, and while Kate is attracted to co-worker Sam (Kevin Bacon), hes not interested in her. Kate learns that Mercer is loath to promote single people, because without permanent attachments theyre free to leave whenever they wish. Kates friend Darcy (Illeana Douglas) comes up with a possible solution: use a photo of Kate with handsome stranger Nick (Jay Mohr) to convince Mercer that shes engaged to be married. The ruse works -- Kate gets her promotion, and Sam, whos attracted to women who are already spoken for, starts showing her some attention. But soon Mercer wants to meet Kates husband-to-be; Kate tracks down Nick and persuades him to pose as her intended for an evening, but Nick decides at the end of the night that hes in love with her. Picture Perfect was written and directed by Glenn Gordon Caron, who created the TV series Moonlighting. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide