A Perfect Day, a TNT production, follows Robert Harlin (Rob Lowe) who, after being laid off of his 15-year career at the radio-station, decides to finally finish the book he has been working on for years (but hasn't touched in at least one). While writing, Rob goes on various interviews in order to try and get a real career, but the best he can do is get a ditch-digging job. Eventually he finishes his book, the title of which is the same as the movie, and, much to his wife's surprise, it follows her life and the death of her father.
After dozens of rejections from agents, he finally lands one with a small-time agency and starts to get into the fast-lane to fame. He quickly goes on book tours and his popularity just booms. But it seems like his fame is at a dire cost, that of his relationship with his wife and daughter. At one book signing, Robert runs into a strange old man, played by Christopher Lloyd, who professes to being an Angel named Michael and tells Robert that he will not live to see the day after Christmas. At first, Robert doesn't believe this old coot, that is, until he starts showing up everywhere Robert looks, and he seems to know things that either Robert himself only knows, or other events that even he is unaware of (like the rescheduling of meetings).
Needless to say, with the possibility of his imminent death, Robert tries to patch things up with his recently estranged wife and child, but can he tell them that it looks like he won't be around as the days till Christmas tick away? I have to say, this movie has a really good ending and a twist that really caught me off guard. On one hand, I felt a little cheated, because while I did not expect the movie to turn out like it did, there was no real hint to the twist and I felt like there was no way I would have gotten it, but oh well.
This is a great tale about fame and what it can cost you, and while Robert seems to be getting everything he wants in a new career, he doesn't realize just how far his family is slipping away from him until the rift between them may be too great to mend. If you get a chance to see this movie on TV this Holiday season, then definitely watch it. Else you might want to rent it.
