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  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
  • Opened December 27, 2006 | Runtime:2 hr. 27 min.
  • R
    aberrant behavior involving nudity, violence, sexuality, and disturbing images
  • With his incredible talent for discerning scents, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is one of 18th-century France's finest perfumists. Grenouille becomes obsessed with capturing a heretofore elusive aroma: The scent of young womanhood. When his search takes Read More
  • Cast: Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Dustin Hoffman, Karoline Herfurth
  • Director: Tom Tykwer
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Suspense/Thriller

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Recent Fan Reviews

  • Go

    STRANGE

    by djnb40

    Movie was really strange but good!

  • Must Go!

    Good Movie

    by bigrob919

    The movie was well worth watching and hopefully will get a wider release.

  • Must Go!

    Beautiful Movie. Will make you feel invincible.

    by Valdo

    This movie will make you miss your exit. Becareful. Especially if you are a chemist or into Organic chemistry and have an understanding of Fats and oils, it's purification and extraction.
    " Dustin Hoffman featuring "should also make you know that it's a master piece.

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    This is a dark, dark, dark film, focused on an obsession so complete and lonely...

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Perfume misses some of the subtler base notes of Sskind's creepier, more...

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter |

    Long regarded as unfilmable, Patrick Suskind's 1985 novel "Perfume" has finally...

  • 70
    Variety | Derek Elley

    The seductive, sensory prose of Patrick Suskind's bestseller, "Perfume,"...

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