Well Im a student doing English in History and I travel alot
Well Im a student doing English in History and I travel alot
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Based on Patrick Süskind book and adapted into a movie by Tom Tykwer we see the story of a French orphan, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille-played by Ben Whishaw-who is on an elusive search to try and bottle human scent. Jean-Baptiste, born to a fish monger, from the moment of his arrival to this plane is gifted with extraordinary nostrils which can lap up every scent and memorizes them. This being quite an uncommon gift, and Jean-Baptiste being the strange man that he is he takes to sniffing all manner of paraphernalia, from rats to a beautiful red heads hair, without discrimination. And as all men we soon see our anti-hero Monsieur Grenouille has come across an amazing scent, that of a woman. Unlike all men however Jean-Baptiste begins his search to bottle it and in this search he leaves behind him a trail of destruction wherever he travels. With amazing acting in places and a partially star-studded cast all coupled with beautiful scenery-with the majority of the film being shot in the beautiful Cataluña region in Spain-and Tom Tykwer who is an old hand at directing films of this era, there is an anticipation for the first 85% of the film that something great is about to happen. Our anticipation, unfortunately, is blown out of the water with the ending. In the last ten minutes of the film there is a mass orgy scene-involving priests, the father of a murdered daughter and countless extras- and a cannibal scene where the lead character is eaten. While I realize this is an aspect of the film, it just does not work on the big screen. This black comedy, 30 minutes too long, ridiculous and comical to boot, in its last 20 minutes ends up turning what could have been an amazing film into a disaster.
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Re-rated based on Ciao's insistence that such reviews are no longer considered "Off Topic"
jeaniecz 28.02.2008 12:49
is the film a black comedy?
Soho_Black 22.12.2007 20:31
I see you've posted this as a DVD review, but you've not mentioned the DVD features. Are there any extras? If so, what are they and are they any good? If you add to this, or if you change it to be posted as a "Film Only" review, which can be done by accessing "edit review" above the review and changing the drop down menu under the "Which format are you reviewing?" question at the bottom, please let me know and I'll re-rate.
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superhuman sense of smell,Perfume: Story of a Murdereris a florid, grisly portrayal of this historical drama set in 18th century France. Jean-Baptiste Grunuis (Ben Whisha...
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Based on Patrick Suskind's novel about a serial killer who hunts victims with his ... more
superhuman sense of smell,Perfume: Story of a Murdereris a florid, grisly portrayal of this historical drama set in 18th century France. Jean-Baptiste Grunuis (Ben Whisha...
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Advantages: It looks wonderful and Whishaw's central performance is remarkable. Disadvantages: You can't capture the essence of smell on screen, so the film doesn't work.