I've had a read of some of the reviews about how 'unrealistic' & 'cliche' this film is. Firstly Id like to say coming from someone who has suffered from Anorexia for 3 years, was hospitalised for 8 months, this by far is the most accurate portrayal of the development, suffering & isolation a person with ED goes through & the effects it has on the family & their body. I personally can relate completely with Andy's experience. Although I wasn't training to be a gymnasts, I was studying to be a doctor at university where my perfection streak went into overdrive and I started to diet, then ultimately starve myself. The convo her best friend has with her on the swings about how she "looks like hell", or the scene where she wakes up early to jog & then fill a bowl with cereal so that she looks like she has eaten breakfast, or her mum trying to get her to eat a skinless chicken breast, have practically all happened to me and Im sure to many other anorexics. If you want to see the emotional reality of anorexia without the gore & glamour this is the film to watch
Review of Perfect Body
