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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) - Critic Reviews - Page 3 of 5

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By Jurgen Fauth (114) for About.com (1,470) on 11 Jan 2007

It's surprising that the director of Run Lola Run didn't make a movie that's lighter on its feet…

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Diana Saenger (322) for ReviewExpress.com (294) on 11 Jan 2007

Perfume is a strange but beguiling film that, like an intoxicating scent, stirs the imagination…

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Andrew Wright (312) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 10 Jan 2007

Keeps the essence which made the novel such a scabrous, compelling read…

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 10 Jan 2007

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer is another nauseous example of style over content: a toxic tale of serial homicide set in 18th-century France…

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By David Kaplan (436) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 09 Jan 2007

overcomes a laborious start to end in a breathtaking, whirlwind finish…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 09 Jan 2007

The film itself is way too long, culminating in a ludicrous orgy scene…

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 05 Jan 2007

Tykwer has to set a unique tone here -- fairy tales about serial killers being somewhat rare -- and he manages the absurdity of his subject…

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 05 Jan 2007

Grenouille's obsession is, in the end, much like that of the less ornately literary killers who precede him, producing desperately conventional…

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 05 Jan 2007

Tykwer's smash-and-grab directing style lacks the magisterial flair of the original novel by Patrick Suskind, which was celebrated by no less…

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 05 Jan 2007

Tykwer, best known for the ultramodern chase movie Run Lola Run, would seem an unusual choice for a period film, but he infuses the sometimes…

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 05 Jan 2007

The movie talks suggestively about smells but can't quite find a way to bring them to life, so [director Tom] Tykwer uses images to rub our…

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By Jack Garner (583) for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (558) on 05 Jan 2007

Director Tom Tykwer masterfully conveys the sensuality of smell via captivating images…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Orlando Sentinel (1,594) on 05 Jan 2007

Even if that broad interpretation -- that art is worth any human cost, that identity can be put on, like a scent -- leaves you cold, there's…

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Paul Doro (69) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 05 Jan 2007

Perfume is not gratuitously violent, nor does it focus on the act of murder itself…

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Liz Braun (961) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 05 Jan 2007

The movie is pretty to look at, but over-long and, in the end, self-conscious. What a disappointment…

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By Amy Biancolli (582) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 05 Jan 2007

Lush visuals and lusty, rhapsodic language bring Perfume as close as cinematically possible to capturing an elusive sense…

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denver Rocky Mountain News (608) on 05 Jan 2007

Perfume reminds us that the line between masterwork and folly can be awfully thin…

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 05 Jan 2007

By the time the mad finale rolls around, the viewer will feel had, for Perfume grasps for significance where there is none to be found…

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Terry Lawson (645) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 05 Jan 2007

Director Tom Tykwer can be commended for capturing so much of the book's mélange of pleasure, pain and longing for the impossible in Perfume,…

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 04 Jan 2007

There's a vacuum at the heart of this gothic melodrama. The intent is frustratingly cloudy, and the visuals are more resonant than the performances…

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