The movie shows that the only thing worse than a generically screwy thriller is one with a selective narrator -- and one that doesn’t give viewers a fair chance to play along.
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06/23/07
Perfect Stranger (2007)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:0
Rotten:11
Average Rating:2.9/10
Consensus: Despite the presence of Halle Berry and Bruce Willis, Perfect Stranger is too convoluted to work, and features a twist ending that's irritating and superfluous. It's a techno-thriller without thrills.
Rated: 15 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Thriller, Murder, Reporters, Theatrical Release, Dating, Internet
Theatrical Release:13-04-2007
Synopsis: Ace New York Courier reporter Rowena Price (Halle Berry) will do anything to get her story---even if it verges on the unethical. After her plans to out a U.S. senator's homosexual relationship with... [More]
Starring: Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi, Gary Dourdan
Director: James Foley
Reviews for Perfect Stranger
1 - 11 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticThere is entertainment to be had here, but it's mostly at the expense of the film's rambling, increasingly ridiculous plot.
04/17/07
Top CriticInstead of eroticism, there is tacky sub-porn; instead of twists, there are knotty plot problems which may or may not have been fixable with script rewrites.
04/14/07
Top CriticA twist-burdened techno-thriller that would be by-the-numbers if it could count.
04/11/07
Top CriticThis one's DOA.
07/09/07
Top CriticThe movie would perhaps like to say something serious about the ease with which modern communications allows us to be multiple personalities, but that effort is lost in ineptitude.
04/24/07
Top CriticJust when you thought The Reaping was the most convoluted and overwrought flashback-riddled thriller starring an Academy Award-winning actress in theaters, along comes Perfect Stranger.
04/13/07
Top CriticEven after it lurches from the far-fetched into the preposterous, Perfect Stranger leaves a clammy residue of unease.
04/13/07
Top CriticIt might be selling itself as a "sexy thriller," but the cheesy, smirk-inducing reality is that Perfect Stranger would have been on the direct-to-DVD fast track had it not been for the names Halle Berry and Bruce Willis above the title.
04/12/07
Top CriticBy the time everything falls into place, it doesn't much matter. The best thrillers don't just show up for the closing credits, they are involving all along the way. That's where Perfect Stranger goes imperfectly wrong.
04/12/07
Top CriticPink is the new black, 50 is the new 30 and, at the movies, confusion is the new suspense.
04/12/07
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