Perfect Strangers (2003)
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29% of critics liked it
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35% of users liked it
(1,486 ratings)
Written, directed, and co-produced by Gaylene Preston, Perfect Strangers centers around the romance between Melanie (Rachael Blake) and the handsome stranger (Sam Neill) who charmed her into joining him at his "castle." The so-called castle is little more than a beat-up shack on a deserted… More Written, directed, and co-produced by Gaylene Preston, Perfect Strangers centers around the romance between Melanie (Rachael Blake) and the handsome stranger (Sam Neill) who charmed her into joining him at his "castle." The so-called castle is little more than a beat-up shack on a deserted island, however, and it isn't long before her admirer's charm turns into all-out obsession. Clued into the fact that the romantic tryst has degenerated into kidnapping, Melanie makes plans to escape, but the stranger has other ideas. Perfect Strangers was filmed on the remote west coast of New Zealand's South Island and features music by Neil Finn. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
- Directed By
- Gaylene Preston
- Written By
- Gaylene Preston
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- First Look Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Tom Horgen, Minneapolis Star Tribune
It's a movie that fails so miserably in its weirdo aspirations that you'll wish you were watching that bad '80s sitcom of the same name (with Balkie, remember?).
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...infuriating...
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Chris Hewitt (St. Paul), St. Paul Pioneer Press
When horror heroines are this lame-brained, my impulse is to start rooting against them.
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Jon Popick, Planet Sick-Boy
A cross between Cast Away and Swept Away, carefully flitting between the quality and pretentiousness of them both as it constantly reinvents itself.
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Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
Preston's screenplay is ingenious, drawing on British classics like Cul-de-Sac and The Servant to constantly undermine audience expectations.
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Cast
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Sam Neill
as The Man
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Rachael Blake
as Melanie
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Joel Tobeck
as Bill
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Robyn Malcolm
as Aileen
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Madeleine Sami
as Andrea
