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Perfect Sense

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A chef (Ewan McGregor) and a scientist (Eva Green) fall in love amid a plague that robs people of their senses.

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Perfect Sense has interesting ideas and charismatic stars, all of which add up to a viewing experience that's frustratingly less than the sum of its intriguing parts.

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Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com It's hard to grab hold of this piece, difficult to grasp on what it is exactly the director and the writer are trying to say, and while plenty of individual moments border on sensational on the whole this one left me scratching my head. Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 17, 2012 Full Review Alison Willmore AV Club Each deprivation is preceded by a flurry of emotion that leads to the film's most vivid sequences. Rated: B- Feb 9, 2012 Full Review Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly An intriguing apocalyptic romance with a multi-purpose title. Rated: B+ Feb 8, 2012 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Perfect Sense fails on several levels, leaving the audience to wish the proceedings were extended by another half-hour to flesh out some of its more intriguing ideas. Rated: 2.5/4 Feb 23, 2023 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Bizarre parable on love during a pandemic in modern-day Glasgow. Rated: B- Nov 30, 2020 Full Review B. Ruby Rich Film Quarterly Scottish director David Mackenzie's Perfect Sense, play with the best kind of futurism: just like today, except for one crucial difference. Feb 28, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Pam M This movie, post-Covid is brilliant. None of us new what was around the corner, so to speak!! The acting superb and the loss of senses extremely evocative. It seems that everyone was embarrassed by it at the time. No mention of it on Eva Greens Wiki page and no blurb on Ewan McGregor's!! Yet their acting was superb; as indeed was the rest of the cast's. Encompassing the gamut of human emotions, behaviours and reactions. As far as I am concerned, a criminally under-rated film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/15/25 Full Review zeppo z Well, it's got Ewan McGregor in it so it's totally unwatchable - that's all you need to know really. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/13/25 Full Review Viviana G Never really got the hang of it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/08/24 Full Review Bob H It's not for everyone or every moment, but it potrays how love remains even when we lose everything else. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/22/24 Full Review Jacopo T Long version: Unexpectedly beautiful piece of Cinema (with the capital C on purpose), very rich in meaning, compelling and moving. It explores the concept of appreciation for everyday things in life masterfully, and it really leaves the receptive viewer stumbled and with a prospective shift. I personally was even more stumbled, however, after I discovered how much this film is undervalued; by reading the reviews I felt most people banalized it and didn't really get the point to the story. It's true that it could have explored some plot leads further, but I feel like that was not the point of the film, nor it was "the importance of romantic love" in itself. It's not a film to watch just to be entertained for two hours, it's something else; and as much as the premise might sound weird, according to me this is much more of a story worth telling than many other, more succesful, ones. Lastly, both Ewan McGregor and Eva Green really did a good job in encapsulating the spirit of the story. Short version: Give it a chance if you like meaningfull stories! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/24 Full Review KB B This was such a compelling movie. It's such a different take on the epidemic genre. It's definitely worth the watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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David Mackenzie

Director

Ewan McGregor

Michael

Eva Green

Susan

Ewen Bremner

James

Stephen Dillane

Samuel

Denis Lawson

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Synopsis A chef (Ewan McGregor) and a scientist (Eva Green) fall in love amid a plague that robs people of their senses.
Director
David Mackenzie
Producer
Gillian Berrie, Malte Grunert, Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Screenwriter
Kim Fupz Aakeson
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Zentropa Entertainment, BBC Films, Subotica, Sigma
Rating
R (Some Sexuality/Nudity|Language)
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 3, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 28, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.6K
Runtime
1h 32m
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