Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Douglas, Viggo Mortensen

Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers...( read more  read more... ) her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory. Brilliant in her own right, she works at the U.N. and is involved with a struggling artist who fulfills her emotional needs. When her husband discovers her indiscretion, he sets out to commit the perfect murder and inherit her considerable trust fund in the bargain.

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R, 108 min.

Directed by: Andrew Davis

Release Date: June 5, 1998

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DVD Release Date: November 3, 1998

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  • September 19, 2009
    A very good thriller with a great well established cast. Pity David Suchet didn't get a bit more screen time though. Has some good twists but nothing you don't really expect to be honest. Definitely worth a watch though.
  • September 10, 2008
    The remake of Hitchcock?s ?Dial M for Murder? and a good job of it was made. Some slight variences from the original storyline, but all the important parts were included.

    A story with great twists, Douglas plays rich and arrogant very well and we see a not so well known at th...( read more)e time Viggo Mortensen too.

    A great thriller, based on love, betrayal, revenge and money.
  • January 21, 2008
    I love this movie probably because of Viggo Mortensen. He is soooo damn sexy. A very good plot and casting.
  • July 14, 2007
    Modern version of Hitchcock movie. Great plot.
  • June 29, 2007
    The husband (Michael Douglas) is a currency trader whose portfolio value is going right down the drain. The wife (Gwyneth Paltrow) is the heiress to a $100 million fortune.
  • November 16, 2009
    Actually a pretty good murder mystery. Not a bad attempt by Doudlas to get involved in another one of his Fatal Attraction style films. Nothing earth-shattering
  • November 6, 2009
    Michel Douglas is perfect as the husband but Viggo is wuite weak as the lover...
  • October 19, 2009
    read the book and love it so much
  • September 28, 2009
    I like the Hitchcock adaptation better than this modern movie. Dial M for Murder happened primarily in one room, the wife was not suspecting anything until the very last moment and the husband was colder and arrested while admitting that he couldn't commit the perfe...( read more)ct murder. Why couldn't the script writer stick to the play and just modernize it a bit?
    I remember watching A perfect Murder in theatre and then I thought it was a great thriller but at that time I hadn't watched the Hitchcock version. This film can not beat the original film version.
  • September 23, 2009
    this surprised me but i found it watchable and good drama

Critic Reviews


April 12, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

None of the amusement gained in watching the performances, unfortunately, amounts to much, as the script, in a desperate attempt to lend action interest to the original, static, puzzle plot, compounds... full review

June 5, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

What the film lacks is suspense, surprise (the new ending is a dud) and passion. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

I think it works like a nasty little machine to keep us involved and disturbed; my attention never strayed, and one of the elements I liked was the way Paltrow's character isn't sentimentalized. full review

January 1, 2000
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

...snoozy, slack... full review

January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

...there's nothing about this thriller to prevent it from soon becoming enmeshed in the memory with others in which Michael Douglas wears a starched collar and grits his teeth. full review

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  • hanyshaikh
    July 1, 2007
    Michael is brilliant in this movie! Its a must watch intense, suspense..
  • jessown
    June 17, 2007
    Awesum movie! Loved it!! :'D <3333

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  • Viggo Mortensen actually did the pictures you see in the loft on A Perfect Murder.  Answer »
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