Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
critic Reviews
, 59% Rotten Tomatometer Score- Perfume is what you'd expect from a Tom Twyker-directed movie glamorizing a serial killer: a kinetic visual feast, with a dark antihero that's impossible to feel sympathy for.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNick SchagerLessons of Darkness
[Its] off-the-charts screwiness obscures virtually all shortcomings.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRead full articleMelissa AndersonTime Out
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRead full articleMarc SavlovAustin Chronicle
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia Inquirer
Tykwer loses his cinematic grip when he tries to blend murder and piety. In his hands, the two don't emulsify.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRex ReedObserver
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer is another nauseous example of style over content: a toxic tale of serial homicide set in 18th-century France that creeps you out faster than it makes you think.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRichard RoeperEbert & Roeper
Hated this movie. Hated it.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreTom CassidyCommon Sense Media
The unsettling horror plot with a one-note villain -- Whishaw's Grenouille is on a murderous pursuit to try and recapture the smell of his first murder victim -- is perfect for a 45-minute episode of a show like The X-Files.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBrian EggertDeep Focus Review
Whimsical, disgusting, beautiful, disturbing, and evocative, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer conjures all manner of responses.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMike MassieGone With The Twins
For all the emotions it might evoke, only fans of edgy, deranged cinema will find this singular fantasy palatable.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDebbie Lynn EliasBehind The Lens
Horrific, tender, emotional, visceral, psychologically enthralling, yet beautiful.
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