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List Price: $19.94 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 36170
Released: August 21, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
When her friend s affair with married ad exec Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis) ends in the woman s murder investigative reporter Rowena Price (Academy Award® winner Halle Berry; Best Actress Monster s Ball 2001) vows to bring the killer to justice. Suspecting Hill of the crime she goes undercover by posing as two highly alluring women: Katherine a sexy temp who works within his agency and Veronica a seductive temptress he chats up online. Engaging in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse both Rowena and Hill begin to realize things may not be what they seem. For some people will go to great lengths to protect their secrets even if it means risking everything.System Requirements:Running Time: 109 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 043396194786 Manufacturer No: 19478
Description of Perfect Stranger (Full Screen Edition):
Perfect Stranger is saved from conventional starlet-in-distress mediocrity by a certain refreshing unwholesomeness, a tawdry strain that runs all the way through its climactic series of kickers. Halle Berry plays a "gotcha" reporter, currently undercover to nail a famous advertising tycoon (Bruce Willis)--not for a story, but because Berry thinks he might be involved in a friend's murder. The distasteful nature of Berry trying to seduce the married exec adds some spice, and so does her pervy assistant (Giovanni Ribisi), whose voyeuristic tendencies indicate more than customary comic relief--at the least, he's a hefty red herring. There are other red herrings, mostly beginning to smell, in the rather ramshackle script. Director James Foley, who has a talent for hothouse intensity (Glengarry Glen Ross, At Close Range) gives this material more edge than it probably deserves, although he can't make Berry convincing, and she and Ribisi are completely wrong as simpatico best friends. Willis looks good by comparison, turning a one-note role into a subtle act of professionalism. --Robert Horton
Perfect Stranger (Full Screen Edition) Reviews:
Goes nowhere 
2008-08-26 - Could have been good, with a little imagination. No suspense. Dull. Ending was lame.
GREAT! 
2008-08-23 - The product came to my residence in a timely fashion, and played of EXCELLENT quality.
A REAL SURPRISE! 
2008-07-31 - I did not see this film when it came out in theatres, but wanted to see it. I bought the DVD from amazon and just finished watching it. A big surprise! No one does Slick Rick like Bruce Willis. You simply cannot keep your eyes off him when he's on the screen. For once he isn't playing shoot 'em up, blow 'em up. He's cool, suave, amusing, and this character is tailor made for him. He is very believable as the CEO of a major NYC ad agency. His offices are gorgeous. The photography and the color is really wonderful. The story line is a shocker. You just NEVER know what you're going to run into around the corner. Halle Berry is just magnificent. She always is. She and Bruce really click. Ribisi is, as always, a miracle. This guy is such a stupendous actor, I can't believe he isn't in the Top 5. It's a mystery, not a mystery. It's a quest but not a quest for the truth. The last ten minutes of the film just send your head reeling. You're just not ready for the truth. An excellent film from start to finish. I highly recommend this film.
Actually Kept My Interest.....
2008-06-08 - Ok - I'm not going to rehash the plot - you can read other reviews for that. I will tell you that this was an entertaining movie that held my interest. I did enjoy seeing Greg J. from CSI make some cameo appearances and Hally is lovely to watch, Bruce always wicked and I, personally, was kept guessing until the end, thought I had the answer, then the end kicker. With some movies and however I'm feeling at the moment, I just let them carry me along and not overanalyze it. This was the case with this movie at this time. Take that for what you will....
Waste of time
2008-06-05 - I cannot believe this is a movie. It really disgusted me and it just plain perverse. Halle Berry and Bruce Willis have shamed the art of cinema. The casting is a weak spot and a real problem. The acting just plain ridiculous, the performances were tired and forced. The story is intricate and well thought out but really what is the point. So many clues are forced on you and you can't really understand how a movie with two A-list actors could be this bad. Miles the so called "Hero" so to speak is just as sleazy and deranged as the other characters. None of the characters were liked because they were bland and too stupid to really get attached to them. Please, please, don't watch this idiotic movie it is just plain bad.
