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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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By Benw (10) on 02 Jan 2007

The absurd ending stops the film from being a classic…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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By Chrisc. (50) on 29 Dec 2006

Unique. Great style…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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By Rickys. (2) on 27 Dec 2006

Great movie ! Visually brilliant with good actors and a well done job by Tom Tykwer ! One of the best movies in this year ! Enjoy it…

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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,…

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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…

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By Bernadettedev. (1) on 26 Dec 2006

There is continual note of the difficulty of turning Suskind's book into a film; however this was the task undertaken, and as such the film…

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