The Perfect Date is a 2019 American teen romantic comedy film, directed by Chris Nelson from a screenplay by Steve Bloom and Randall Green.

The film stars Noah Centineo, Laura Marano, Camila Mendes, Odiseas Georgiadis and Matt Walsh.

Brooks Rattigan is a teenage boy with dreams of getting into Yale, while his father, Charlie wants him to go to the University of Connecticut, which offered him a full scholarship.

He works at a sub shop with his best friend, programmer Murph, but financing his college dreams proves troubling.

Brooks seizes the opportunity to make some extra money by posing as the boyfriend of his classmate's wealthy cousin Celia Lieberman of Greenwich.

Celia sets up an interview for Brooks at Yale, and is upset when she discovers he researched the Dean previously so lied to him in order to be liked.

In it, Brooks reflects on how his previous ambitions were to drive the fanciest car, go to the nicest school, and date the prettiest girl.

In March 2018, it was announced Noah Centineo, Camila Mendes, Laura Marano, Matt Walsh and Odiseas Georgiadis had joined the cast of the film, then titled The Stand-In after its source novel, with Chris Nelson directing from a screenplay by Steve Bloom and Randall Green.

[2][3] In January 2019, it was reported that Netflix had acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film, retitled The Perfect Date.