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Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story (1996)

November. 24,1996

5.5

| Drama TV Movie

Story about a runner whose bulimia and anorexia threatens both her dream of competing in the Olympics and her marriage to Denver's mayor.

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Cast

Crystal Bernard as Ellen Hart Pena

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Esai Morales as Federico Pena

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Reviews

Vashirdfel

1996/11/24

Simply A Masterpiece

ThedevilChoose

1996/11/25

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

InformationRap

1996/11/26

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Quiet Muffin

1996/11/27

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.