Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) by Jennie F — 17 Mar 2012

Beautiful, but the movieplot still sucks balls.

This review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) was written by Jennie F on 17 Mar 2012.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer has generally received positive reviews.

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