Entertaining in a way that's at once showy and rather clinical.

| Jan 1, 2020

This movie is insane and I totally dug it. I almost don't want to talk about it... Just go see it and trust me on this.

| Sep 30, 2019

Unfortunately, despite the acting and the twisting and bending of genres from horror to revenge fantasy-The Perfection begins to crumble during the third part... using sexual violence as a crutch ruined it.

| Jun 4, 2019

It's a trite jumble that confronts its ripped-from-the-news theme as an impersonal check box.

| May 31, 2019

Bold, stylish storytelling that takes big chances and rocks two extremely strong lead performances from Logan Browning and Allison Williams. Good luck shaking off the imagery in this one!

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 30, 2019

It's not perfect - but in its own blood-splattered, limb-lopping way, it may be a particularly perfect thriller for this moment.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 29, 2019

In essence, the movie looks like it should be a slick, thrilling emotional arc that speaks to women. But beneath the surface, it's something more regressive.

| May 29, 2019

[Allison Williams and Logan Browning] play together with raw emotion and savage wrath that scratches at the legacy of such camp horror divas as Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.

| May 25, 2019

[M]ost everyone who watches The Perfection will instead be staring at the screen slack-jawed, dumbfounded at the gory silliness they endured.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 24, 2019

It's not just that Shepard sends viewers on a wild ride, it's that he doesn't tell them what kind of ride they're on until it's already in full swing.

| Original Score: A- | May 24, 2019

The Perfection takes deep, fetishistic satisfaction in pushing the envelope, then pushing it some more, building in seductive fits and shocking starts to an orgiastic frenzy of cinematic excess.

| Original Score: B- | May 24, 2019

Your tolerance for this sort of thing may vary.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 24, 2019

The film's indefinability is admirable while also frustrating, the plot leaping around in a rather graceless fashion, spinning back, forth and sideways with ambition but not always success.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 24, 2019

Whiplash 2: Sympathy for Lady Vengeance.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 24, 2019

In many ways, "The Perfection" amounts to little more than a bag of tricks. But no one is pretending otherwise. And they're good tricks.

| May 24, 2019

A stylishly made, nail-biting effort that proves consistently engrossing.

| May 24, 2019

The exterior of "The Perfection" is flawless, covering up the darkness that lies beneath. The wild ride in store is both supremely disturbing and unpredictable. But rendered with such care, skill and sheer glee - it's utterly divine.

| May 23, 2019

Nothing about The Perfection is what you'd expect, which is what makes watching it such a weirdly thrilling experience.

| May 23, 2019

Some folks may laugh when director Richard Shepard wants their jaws to drop. But it delivers. The Perfection is a pure hit of twisted, absurd camp catnip.

| Original Score: B | May 23, 2019

Richard Shepard's The Perfection is a twisting and unnerving film that at once serves as a more demented version of Whiplash while combining body and revenge horror.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 22, 2019