Modern Love: A Man Too Good to Be True (2015)

Genre : Animation, Romance

Runtime : 3M

Synopsis

While battling Alzheimer’s disease, Deenie Hartzog-Mislock’s grandmother invents a wild story and the family learns to love an imaginary man named Nick Stephanopoulos.

Actors

Crews

Jimmy Simpson
Jimmy Simpson
Animation
Deenie Hartzog-Mislock
Deenie Hartzog-Mislock
Story
Nick van der Kolk
Nick van der Kolk
Producer
Shayla Harris
Shayla Harris
Producer

Trailers and other movies

The Perfect Man (He's Not Real) | Modern Love | The New York Times

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