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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Review

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2.0

Dave White Profile

Where are the scratch-and sniff-Odorama cards? … Read full review

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  • 3.0
    56

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  • 100

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    This is a dark, dark, dark film, focused on an obsession so complete and lonely it shuts out all other human experience. You may not savor it, but you will not stop watching it, in horror and fascination.

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  • 30

    out of 100

    The New York Times A.O. Scott

    Try as it might to be refined and provocative, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer never rises above the pedestrian creepiness of its conceit.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Carina Chocano

    What's missing is less a sense of the protagonist's inner nose (which is very well-trammeled) as a sense of his inner life, motivation or desire.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    Weaves a sensual spell of extraordinary delicacy, then sustains it -- up to a point.

  • 70

    out of 100

    Variety Derek Elley

    The seductive, sensory prose of Patrick Suskind's bestseller, "Perfume," reaches the screen with loads of visual panache but only intermittent magic.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter

    Long regarded as unfilmable, Patrick Suskind's 1985 novel "Perfume" has finally reached the screen in a blockbuster production that succeeds reasonably well in achieving what many said was beyond the scope of cinema: conveying the world of scent and smell.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Perfume misses some of the subtler base notes of Sskind's creepier, more self-aware original, but Whishaw and Tykwer blend the movie into something quite heady in its own bottle.

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4

STRANGE by djnb40
Movie was really strange but good!

5

Beautiful Movie. Will make you feel invincible. by Valdo
This movie will make you miss your exit. Becareful. Especially if you are a chemist or into Organic chemistry and have an understanding of Fats and oils, it's purification and extraction. " Dustin Hoffman featuring "should also make you know that it's a master piece.

5

Good Movie by bigrob919
The movie was well worth watching and hopefully will get a wider release.

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