1.0 out of 5 stars
cheap perfume, April 19 2004
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This movie was absolutely terrible. They were trying to work the whole "artsy" angle, you know- New York and fashion mixed with culture. I didn't even know when I started to watch the movie that the actors were improving, but I didn't need to- it was a dead give-a-way! The actors had uncomfortable silences almost in a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" way, but no where near entertaining. Let me just roll my eyes and say "Find a (good) script and stick to it!"
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Um.... what is this movie about again?, Nov 27 2002
I watched this movie not to long ago with one of the guys in my dorm and we were both at an extreme loss as to what the movie was all about. There quite literaly was NO plot what so ever. The acting was ok, no great or poor but ok however that does not make up for the very poor character development,lack of plot twists (aside from the dude dying from cancer there were none) and I was confused why they put Carmen Electra all over the over, the back and in the trailer when I only saw her for 15 secconds. I'm sorry but I don't think 15 secconds of Carmen is worth my time, I get more of her when I watch Battlebots before the first commercial break.
I'm sorry but I can only say what a flop this is and hope the producers think twice before releasing a script they deam to be 'artistic' to the unsuspecting general public. All in all a bad buy.
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If you want an hour and a half of improv, this is for you, Nov 1 2002
The little caveat at the beginning of the credits should also be on the DVD box, "All actors dialogue was improvised".
Wow, does that certainly make a difference. Perfume had an excellent cast including Jared Harris, Jeff Goldblum, Mariska Hargitay, Rita Wilson, Paul Sorvino, Peter Gallagher, et al, in roles that would have been fantastic if fleshed out. However, the movie fell flat due to choppy and hesitant dialogue, save two scenes that were excellent and seemed lifted from an actual movie.
This movie doesn't even reach the level of a good documentary, but is more like sitting through an improv class. In my opinion it's not worth sitting through for the very few reedeming moments. Unless you want to see how well some of your favorite actors perform when improvising the entire movie.
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