A Perfect Murder (Full and Wide Screen)

Advantages: Fascinating characters
Disadvantages: Perhaps not so original

...is having an affair with a younger man, David Shaw (Viggo Mortensen) - who is an artist. He takes the opportunity to visit the man & rather than attacking him, decides to provide him with an incentive to kill Emily. Hesitant at first, David is tempted towards the opportunity & also unprepared to face whatever threat would lie before him should he refuse - so he decides to accept the contract. Together they plan the 'perfect murder' whilst Emily remains ...
...man is arranging for her a violent ending, but she is not one to go down without a fight. A war of mistrust This is a film all about conflicts of interests, where each of the main protagonists chooses the 'wrong path' because they think it is of most benefit yet they simply become tied up in a web of deceit where their enemies really are close. Emily is naive & truly believes that she has broken her husband's trust, which in a sense, she has - but ... Read review

Advantages: Good cast, strong performances
Disadvantages: Don't like alternative ending

...JEALOUS LOVER.....ALL OF THEM HAS A MOTIVE.....EACH OF THEM HAS A PLAN.....THREE PEOPLE, ONE TRIANGLE". Those are the kind of statements which really got me interested in the film, and the fact that the extremely handsome Viggo Mortenson had a starring role was a pretty big plus point for me, as well as the fact that Andrew Davis was directing, and he also directed one of my favourite films, The Fugitive. I wondered whether he would be as successful ...
...by Michael Douglas. He is a wealthy and successful currency trader, and on the surface seems to have the perfect marriage to the equally wealthy Emily Bradford Taylor played by Gwyneth Paltrow, who works for United Nations. At first I had doubts over how believeable this marriage would seem, but the chemistry between the two leads actors makes for very believable performances, but that aside, it is the unmistakable chemistry betweeen the characters ... Read review

Advantages: It's average
Disadvantages: Bad Ending. It's very average

A Perfect Murder is a remake of the Hitchcock film, Dial M for Murder. It stars Michael Douglas as a Wall Street player who discovers that his wife, Gwyneth Paltrow is having an affair with a young artist. Mrs Zeta-Jones decides that he wants his wife dead and hatches a well thought out plan to kill his wife asking her lover to do the deed for him. Surprisingly, things go very wrong, the prefect murder is far from perfect (I won't give anything ...
...and no-one else really gets a look in. The planning of the "perfect" murder is intriguing (if that's the right word) and some of the twists do catch you off guard but bar the film is very average and let down by a disappointing ending that doesn't sit well with the rest of the film. The DVD has an alternative ending which is a little better although still would have been a let down. The director tries to explain his reasons for it on an alternative ... Read review

Advantages: nice performances
Disadvantages: it was complicatiimg understanding the movie

the perfect murder is based pn mr knott's play dial m for murder his was flimed by mr hitchcokc i do not remember the year this story is based with murder who mr micheal douglas was involved with david shaw was aware of this affair the past of david was research by stephen his also visited his loft studio and david that he also knen abiut the jail sendtences and various pros and cons and scam direct the rich wormen mr stephen offers david $500050 ...
...here is where the story starts they tried make the murder that is was accident but the it was done purposely the movies was suspense till the end of the flim if u have not seen yet i think u should see it and u will loved who like suppense story that is all i can rememember about the flim here are the acting actor and actress of the flim Michael Douglas was as Steven Taylor Gwyneth Paltrow - was as Emily Bradford Viggo Mortensen - was as David ... Read review