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01/06/07
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 119 Fresh: 67 Rotten:52 Average Rating: 6.1/10
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Perfume is what you'd expect from a Tom Twyker-directed movie glamorizing a serial killer: a kinetic visual feast, with a dark antihero that's impossible to feel sympathy for.
Rated: 15 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 2 hrs 27 mins
Theatrical Release: 26-12-2006
Synopsis: Author Patrick Suskind enjoys a career shrouded in Salinger-esque mystery. Suskind's best-selling novel PERFUME was coveted by Hollywood for many years, and finally makes it to the screen in this production helmed by Tom Tykwer (RUN LOLA RUN). The film stays remarkably faithful to the... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood
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This is a thoroughly enjoyable, brilliantly directed thriller with a great script and a terrific central performance from Ben Whishaw. One of the best films of the year. Unmissable.
01/04/07
It’s a film so sumptuous that afterwards you’ll feel you’ve consumed a very, very rich meal indeed.
12/30/06
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12/30/06
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The odd conclusion renders it somewhat oblique, but Perfume is a feast for the senses. Smell it with your eyes...
11/29/06
Top Critic
This tale of a brilliant sociopath is disturbing and often uncomfortable to watch. And it's also magical filmmaking.
09/29/06
While you might not come away from a viewing feeling entirely satisfied, you will almost certainly have lots to talk about.
07/20/07
Tykwer squeezes every possible drop of melodramatic beauty out of this material. ...But the gorgeous visuals aren't enough to keep the drama from occasionally degenerating into beautifully produced hokum.
06/15/07
Una estupenda reconstrucción histórica y un atractivo tratamiento visual son los principales valores de esta interesante aunque irregular adaptación.
04/06/07
Plenty of high profile movies are about the tormented lives of artists. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer takes it up a notch: It's a legitimate artwork.
03/15/07
Agree or disagree, this is a work so bold and provocative and distinctive that it demands to be seen.
03/12/07
In a time when the serial killer subgenre is practically the definition of derivative, Perfume is %u2013 for better or for worse %u2013 a whiff of something uniquely fresh.
02/12/07
Ghastly and horrific, entertaining and mesmerizing, and it smells fantastic.
01/30/07
An intoxicating fable about a man whose phenomenal sense of smell sets him on an irrevocable course, Perfume is a captivating, if overlong adaptation.
01/25/07
We want to root for him, but he is more of a villain. The dichotomy is savory.
01/25/07
Stanley Kubrick e Martin Scorsese chegaram a declarar que [Perfume], livro do alemão Patrick Süskind, seria "infilmável". Pois até os gênios erram.
01/25/07
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