How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days

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How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days

"Perfection isn't all it's cracked up to be."

1984

0h 58m

4.0(1 votes)

Comedy

Family

TV Movie

Overview

A kid strives to be perfect, and in the end realizes that individuality is more fun.

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21 members

Acting

Wallace Shawn

Professor Silverfish

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Ilan Mitchell-Smith

Milo Crimpley

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Hermione Gingold

Miss Sandwich

Editing

Sarah Boyd

Jenny Hillard

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Kate McGregor-Stewart

Mrs. Crimpley

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Lenny Von Dohlen

Erik Crimpley

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Ned Boyd

Frankie Crimpley

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B.J. Barie

Norbert Sandhill

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John Rothman

Contest Judge

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Joey Ginza

Mr. Yamata

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Jodi Long

Mrs. Yamata

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Merwin Goldsmith

Principal

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Seth Greenspan

Mark

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Tenney Walsh

Andrea

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Cassandra Murray

Agnes

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Paul DeAngelis

Herman

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Paula Trueman

Old Lady

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Joan Croyden

Old Lady

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Margot Stevenson

Old Lady

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Jason O'Neill

Bully

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Neal Fauntleroy

Bully

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