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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) - Critic Reviews - Page 4 of 5

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 04 Jan 2007

No movie has ever engaged me quite the way Perfume did, casting a spell during that first half-hour that lasted until I left the theater…

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

By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (910) on 04 Jan 2007

Jack the Ripper meets Scent of a Woman in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, an example of why certain books are deemed unfilmable, no matter…

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

By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 04 Jan 2007

Starts off on the wrong foot with the wrong tone, then keeps stumbling and bumbling its way to a climax half the people who buy tickets will…

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

By Richard Nilsen (100) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 04 Jan 2007

The climax of the film -- quite literally -- is so silly and preposterous that we're likely to leave the theater either laughing at it or grumbling…

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

By Eleanor Ringel Gillespie (205) for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (910) on 04 Jan 2007

Jack the Ripper meets Scent of a Woman in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, an example of why certain books are deemed unfilmable, no matter…

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

By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 04 Jan 2007

No movie has ever engaged me quite the way Perfume did, casting a spell during that first half-hour that lasted until I left the theater…

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

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 04 Jan 2007

A film can reek equally of fine craftsmanship and piping-hot dung, and the proof's in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer…

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

By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 03 Jan 2007

It is Tykwer's particular cinematic gift that he can recreate the inner universe that his characters inhabit to such an extent that said subjective…

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

By Jules Brenner (885) for Cinema Signals (847) on 31 Dec 2006

A whole new take on the concept, The Scent of a Woman. But, really, all this perfumer-extraordinaire wants to do is bottle it…

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

By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out (7,510) on 30 Dec 2006

It's a film so sumptuous that afterwards you'll feel you've consumed a very, very rich meal indeed…

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

By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 30 Dec 2006

Difficult to resist even when its allure is only surface-deep…

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

By Jim Hemphill (63) for Reel.com (1,232) on 29 Dec 2006

The emotional void at the film's center grows larger and larger, until in the movie's penultimate scene even a depiction of graphic mass sexuality…

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

By Tony Medley (1,109) for tonymedley.com (461) on 29 Dec 2006

(I)f I can sit through a 2:37 movie about a guy who kills women and boils their bodies to make perfume and be entertained, so can you…

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

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for OhmyNews.com (129) on 28 Dec 2006

Tykwer is an incredible visualist and Perfume reaches such operatic, hand-painted heights of life and death, sections of the film look as though…

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

By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 28 Dec 2006

There is no easy way to summarize what goes on in this picture…

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

By Eric Lurio (584) for Entertainment Insiders (294) on 28 Dec 2006

The acting is fine, and the climax is completely off the wall, but that doesn't make the interminable time getting there any easier to slog through…

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

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 27 Dec 2006

For all of its eye-rolling improbability, the picture does build to an incredible and incredibly staged final meditation on the nature of genius,…

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

By Erik Childress (902) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 27 Dec 2006

You could be stuffing quantities of chocolate, oysters and arugula while watching the playmate of the month down carrots and bananas and you're…

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

By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 26 Dec 2006

The movie version feels forced, even though it doesn't seem to know what it means…

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

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 26 Dec 2006

Though it may come across more than a little precious and pretentious, its memory will linger in your mind long after those of other films have faded…

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