Perfect Sense2012
Perfect Sense (2012)
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Critic Consensus: 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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Cast
as Michael
as Susan
as Samuel
as James
as Jenny
as Boss
as Bus Driver
as Apprentice Chef
Critic Reviews for Perfect Sense
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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.
Each deprivation is preceded by a flurry of emotion that leads to the film's most vivid sequences.
An intriguing apocalyptic romance with a multi-purpose title.
The problem with Perfect Sense is its inability to be effective as either a character-based love story or something larger and more bold.
Moves at a snail's pace and once you creep over the finish line, you're left with a pit in your stomach, something that doesn't inspire reflection, rather just brings you down.
People around the world progressively lose their senses of smell, taste, hearing and, finally, sight. Too bad the filmmakers never seem to have had a sense of humor in the first place.
Audience Reviews for Perfect Sense
A rare cinematic trip to Edinburgh is rewarded in this sci-fi tale of the end times that refeshingly offers a different spin on the proceedings: we lose our senses quite literally, and each, one at a time. Tying this all together is a love story of two wary and cynical career professionals who grudgingly take the plunge initially, but later discover their inherent need to unite. Mainly good stuff.
Super Reviewer
Through the eyes of two people about to fall in love, this film tells the story of a mysterious pandemic robbing humans of their sense of smell, and that is just the beginning. Of course the movie refuses to give any explanation for the phenomenon, and still efficiently makes each viewer wonder what it would mean for their own lives. Especially the short montages of reactions from around the world to yet another lost sense are gripping and extremely well done. Of course, the film gets more bleak with each loss, yet glimpses of hope remain in the form of McGregor and Green's love. Their excellent performances carry the film through slower parts too. In the end, things pretty apocalyptic and remind you of the even greater "Children of Men", but here the focus remains on the personal reactions of a couple to the unthinkable, that could very well mean the end of civilization. Pretty well done. A pleasant surprise: Star Wars pilot Wedge as McGregor's boss.
Super Reviewer
This was a very interesting way of presenting an end-of-the-world scenario. I definitely appreciated the performances by McGregor and Green. I suppose those who did not like it simply did not get the message it tries to send.
Super Reviewer
Perfect Sense Quotes
| Michael: | Fat and flour! |
| Michael: | I need you to come back to me. |
| Michael: | Life goes on. |
| Susan: | Then there's the other movement... farmers going out to milk their cows... soldiers reporting for duty. Those who believe that life will go on somehow... or just don't know what else to do. People prepare for the worst... but hope for the best. They concentrate on the things that are important to them. All the things beyond fat and flour. |