Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) by Jonathan Rosenbaum for Chicago Reader — 03 Jun 2008
Director Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) and cowriters Andrew Birkin and Bernd Eichinger preserve some of the novel's storytelling flair, and Dustin Hoffman does a swell turn as the antihero's Italian mentor.
But despite a fairly spectacular climax, the material's generic limitations eventually catch up with the plot.
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This review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) was written by Jonathan Rosenbaum and published by Chicago Reader on 03 Jun 2008.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer has generally received positive reviews.
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