A Perfect Murder (1998)
54 %
Reviews Counted: 48 Fresh: 26 Rotten:22 Average Rating: 6.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Synopsis: Emily Bradford (Paltrow) is a society daughter married to the successful Steven Taylor (Douglas). Heiress to a huge family fortune, Emily is due to inherit a one hundred million dollar trust fund much to the delight of her conniving husband. An adulterous transgression by Emily with the even... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen
Director: Andrew Davis
Producer: Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson, Christopher Mankiewicz, Peter MacGregor-Scott
Composer: James Newton Howard
Producer: Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson, Christopher Mankiewicz, Peter MacGregor-Scott
Composer: James Newton Howard
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06/24/08
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06/24/06
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12/31/03
slick and twisted tale provides two delicious hours of intrigue and mystery, along with some unexpected wit and black comedy...
07/02/03
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05/22/03
...the film is so lacking in anything original that it is hardly worth recommending.
12/08/02
...a fast-paced thriller that probably will leave Alfred Hitchcock aficionados mourning its shallowness -- but not until after they've enjoyed an adrenaline rush.
11/06/02
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10/15/02
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09/10/02
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 surprise turn after surprise turn.
04/12/02
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What the film lacks is suspense, surprise (the new ending is a dud) and passion.
06/05/01
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A Perfect Murder begins better than it ends, and the pleasures it offers turn out to be more of a transitory nature.
02/14/01
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