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Synopsis
From the director of RUN LOLA RUN comes PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER, based on the international bestseller by Patrick Suskind. Laced with suspense, black humor and metaphysical mystery, the film follows Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a young man with an extraordinary sense of smell, and his quest to create the "perfect perfume," a scent so powerful that anyone who smells it will think theyĚre in paradise. Grenouille is fearless when it comes to the pursuit of a perfect perfume. When he discovers the most intoxicating scent he has ever experienced - the natural fragrance of a beautiful young girl - he learns that the only method to preserve her innocence and fresh beauty will require murder. Co-starring Dustin Hoffman.
Film Information
- Genre: Suspense/Thriller | Drama | Foreign
- Director: Tom Tykwer
- Written By: Andrew Birkin,Bernd Eichinger,Tom Tykwer, Patrick Suskind (novel Das Parfum)
- Starring: Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, and John Hurt
- Running Time: 147 minutes, approx.
- MPAA Rating: R
- Language: English
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Reviews
"This is a dark, dark, dark film, focused on an obsession so complete and lonely it shuts out all other human experience. You may not savor it, but you will not stop watching it, in horror and fascination."
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Most horror movies try to show us the man inside the monster, so we'll empathize with his moral dilemmas or feel his suffering. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer shows us a man who is all monster, whose colossal amorality makes him a potential Messiah or menace to humanity."
- Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte Observer
"Whishaw's oddly charismatic performance makes the despicable Grenouille into an almost sympathetic antihero. The rather astonishing finale will likely have audiences either howling in derision or ardently dissecting afterward. And it must have given the bluenoses at the MPAA fits."
- Marc Mohan, Portland Oregonian
"The film is downright repulsive in places, and otherwise pushes the envelope for an art film, but it's a dazzling piece of filmmaking that wins us over with its boldness and artistry."
- William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"The odd conclusion renders it somewhat oblique, but Perfume is a feast for the senses."
- Dan Jolin, Empire
Showtimes
- Wednesday, March 14th
9:15 pm - Thursday, March 15th
9:15 pm - Friday, March 16th
9:15 pm - Saturday, March 17th
7:00 pm, 10:15 pm - Sunday, March 18th
7:00 pm - Monday, March 19th
9:15 pm - Tuesday, March 20th
9:15 pm