
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw) came into the world unwanted, expected to die, yet born with an unnerving sense of smell that created alienation, as well as talent. Of all of the smells around him, Grenouille is beckoned to the scent of a woman's body, and spends the rest of his life attempting to smell her essence again by becoming a perfumer, and creating the essence of an innocence lost.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw) came into the world unwanted, expected to die, yet born with an unnerving sense of smell that created alienation, as well as talent. Of all of the smells around him, Grenouille is beckoned to the scent of a woman's body, and spends the rest of his life attempting to smell her essence again by becoming a perfumer, and creating the essence of an innocence lost.
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| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertThere's a vacuum at the heart of this gothic melodrama. The intent is frustratingly cloudy, and the visuals are more resonant than the performances. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittNo movie has ever engaged me quite the way Perfume did, casting a spell during that first half-hour that lasted until I left the theater. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis is a dark, dark, dark film, focused on an obsession so complete and lonely it shuts out all other human experience. You may not savor it, but you will not stop watching it, in horror and fascination. |
| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionEleanor Ringel GillespieJack the Ripper meets Scent of a Woman in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, an example of why certain books are deemed unfilmable, no matter how talented those involved are. |
| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionEleanor Ringel CaterJack the Ripper meets Scent of a Woman in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, an example of why certain books are deemed unfilmable, no matter how talented those involved are. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsA film can reek equally of fine craftsmanship and piping-hot dung, and the proof's in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)No movie has ever engaged me quite the way Perfume did, casting a spell during that first half-hour that lasted until I left the theater. |
| Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanMost horror movies try to show us the man inside the monster, so we'll empathize with his moral dilemmas or feel his suffering. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer shows us a man who is all monster, whose colossal amorality makes him a potential Messiah or menace to humanity. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderGhastly and horrific, entertaining and mesmerizing, and it smells fantastic. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaStanley Kubrick e Martin Scorsese chegaram a declarar que [Perfume], livro do alemão Patrick Süskind, seria "infilmável". Pois até os gênios erram. |