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How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days (1984) - Movie Browser

A 58-minute fever dream where Wallace Shawn teaches you to be perfect. What could go wrong?

Absurdist after-school specialChaotic good energy80s TV fever dream

Overview

Comedy Family TV Movie

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

Content warning

woman director hot air balloon professor perfection clumsy

Conformity vs individualityThe absurdity of perfectionismChildhood anxiety

Standout Aspects

Acting

Wallace Shawn commits to absolute madness as Professor Silverfish

Direction

Joan Micklin Silver makes TV movie constraints feel surreal

Best for:Family·Background·Rewatch

Director

Joan Micklin Silver

ReleasedOct 8, 1984

Runtime58m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensitylow

Tonelight

Feellight

Highgate Pictures

Top Cast

Wallace Shawn

Professor Silverfish

Ilan Mitchell-Smith

Milo Crimpley

Hermione Gingold

Miss Sandwich

Sarah Boyd

Jenny Hillard

Kate McGregor-Stewart

Mrs. Crimpley

Lenny Von Dohlen

Erik Crimpley

B.J. Barie

Norbert Sandhill

John Rothman

Contest Judge

Jodi Long

Mrs. Yamata

Merwin Goldsmith

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