Review of A Perfect Murder (1998) by Filipeneto — 08 Nov 2019

Quality entertainment in a movie that almost makes us forget it's a remake.

In this movie, which is a remake of the famous Alfred Hitchcock movie "Dial M for Murder", we see the cold, hard, calculating way a New York businessman tries to get his wife's lover to kill her in order to stay. with her money. Being a remake, there are obvious similarities between both films, but it is not a copy. There are new and different things about this movie, and the way everything is approached is, to say the least, credible.

Its director, Andrew Davis, did an average job. The cast is led by Michael Douglas in the role of cold and hard Steven Taylor, a high finance millionaire. The actor is good in rational roles that require a calm posture, and Douglas does not disappoint us, giving us an excellent performance here. The same is true of Gwynneth Paltrow, who played Steven's wife Emily Taylor. She is the typical object wife, whom her husband will exhibit at society parties, treating her coldly in intimacy, and who comes to find a lover, a character expertly played by Viggo Mortenson. David Suchet, who made a resounding success in his role as Poirot, reincarnates a policeman, bringing the inspector in charge of the case to life. The whole cast did a good job, but I clearly highlight Douglas and Paltrow's excellent performances.

In short, it is a quality movie that can sometimes make us forget that it is a remake and is fully accepted by us. Without any noteworthy technical details or phenomenal interpretations on the part of the cast, it is a film worthy of the story it tells and the quality entertainment it brings us.