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Andrew DavisOperatőr:
Dariusz WolskiZeneszerző:
James Newton HowardSzereplők:
Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet, Sarita Choudhury, Constance Towers, Michael P. Moran, Will Lyman, Adrian Martinez (több)Tartalmak(1)
A New York-i milliomos, Steven Taylor mindent megkapott az élettől, amit ember csak kívánhat: pénzt, hatalmat és egy gyönyörű, fiatal feleséget. Emily az ENSZ-ben dolgozik többnyelvű tolmácsként; előkelő, okos asszony, akit egy csöppet sem elégít ki, hogy a férje csupán gyűjteménye legértékesebb darabjának tekinti. Nem csoda hát, hogy egy idő után egy másik férfi karjaiban keres vigaszt: David Shaw szegény, de tehetséges festő, aki mindent megad az elhanyagolt fiatalasszonynak, amit Emily a férjétől nem kaphat meg. Taylor azonban hamarosan rájön, mi az oka felesége egyre hűvösebb viselkedésének, és végzetes lépésre szánja el magát. Nem kevesebbet kíván elkövetni, mint a tökéletes gyilkosságot. (Viasat 3)
(több)Recenziók (7)
An incredibly captivating film with excellent lighting work, an outstanding screenplay, and flawless performances. I dare say that together with The Fugitive and Under Siege, it is the pinnacle of Andrew Davis's career. Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow create a very strong acting duo. The music is appropriately “thriller-like” and the gentle camera work is also good. There is no rushing, the film has a slower pace, but it’s not a problem. I can’t compare it with Hitchcock’s original, but as its own film, A Perfect Murder is truly almost perfect. Perhaps only Viggo Mortensen is hesitant and unconvincing at times, but he more than made up for it a few years later...
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For Gwyneth Paltrow's 50th birthday, I found her as Michael Douglas' wife. A Perfect Murder was one of the films that eluded me for a long time, although I love thrillers with Douglas and here he plays a villain. But in their time, these films were a dime a dozen, but their pure uniqueness is now much more recognizable in retrospect. There's also the magical investigating Hercule Poirot, i.e., David Suchet as Mohamed Karaman, whom he plays with similar charm to his Belgian counterpart. The only problem is Viggo Mortensen's overly barren performance.
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The cast of actors is the main and most important asset of this movie. But even though I had expected a good-quality thriller, what I got was a rather average story with which I am not surprised that it kept escaping me for all that time. The thing is that the actors had all made appearances in far better movies and this one is simply second class. On top of that, it really exudes this 1990’s feel, which doesn’t really amaze me anymore these days.
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An average thriller with an unsurprising and slightly predictable ending. Douglas, who can't act badly, is his standard good, Paltrow is pretty bland, and Viggo? The Aragorn fans will sure be happy. He’s cool, but I spent the whole film expecting he would vow and declare "You have my sword.":)
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Pretty much a standard thriller in all respects, with virtually nothing to distinguish it. The script is quite interesting and full of various twists and turns, and the acting is quite good, though at two points Viggo didn't do it for me. The ending was horribly fast, rushed, and felt like the screenwriter had a heart attack while writing it and someone quickly finished it for him. Well, all in all, 3.5 stars.
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