Beauty & The Briefcase: Hilary Duff Goes To Work

ABC Family premieres a new original movie this Sunday, Beauty & the Briefcase, starring Hilary Duff who also executive produced. I’m not going to lie, it looks like total fluff with a pseudo-female empowering message that ends up being about how what we really want is to get the guy, not the job. Am I still going to watch it? You betcha. The wardrobe alone is worth tuning in!

Chris Carmack, Matt Dallas and Michael McMillian are the objects of Hilary Duff's affection in Beauty & the Briefcase / ABC Family

The premise is that Hilary’s character, Lane, works for Cosmo (of course she does) and lands a potentially career-making story when she pitches the idea of going undercover by getting a corporate job, finding lots of eligible guys in suits in the office and dating as many as possible. You know where this is going, right? She gets a job at an investment bank (sure) where she soon learns that the job requires more than wearing great suits and going to lunch (really?). Fortunately for Lane, her new boss Tom (a comedic turn for True Blood‘s Michael McMillian) takes her under his wing and teaches her the ropes. Lane soon develops a crush on a colleague, played by the delicious Matt Dallas (Kyle XY, Eastwick) who does look mighty fine in a suit. Calamity ensues (I knew this was too good to be true) when she’s swept off her feet by a handsome, English-accented music producer (The O.C.‘s Chris Carmack). How is this a problem? Lane’s editor (My Name is Earl‘s Jamie Pressly, looking fierce) laid out the rules for the story: Lane can only date men in the office where she works. Oh no! Will Lane choose the guy, or her career?

Based on the book Diary of a Working Girl, Beauty & the Briefcase is bound to be fluffy fun, perfect for winding down on a Sunday evening. The movie premieres April 18 at 8/7c on ABC Family.