Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

3.50
    Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
    2006

    Synopsis

    Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

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    Cast

    • Ben WhishawJean-Baptiste Grenouille
    • Alan RickmanRichis
    • Rachel Hurd-WoodLaura
    • Dustin HoffmanGiuseppe Baldini
    • John HurtNarrator (voice)
    • Karoline HerfurthThe Plum Girl
    • David CalderBishop of Grasse
    • Simon ChandlerMayor of Grasse
    • Sian ThomasMadame Gaillard
    • Jessica SchwarzNatalie

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Empire

      The odd conclusion renders it somewhat oblique, but Perfume is a feast for the senses.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Long regarded as unfilmable, Patrick Suskind's 1985 novel "Perfume" has finally reached the screen in a blockbuster production that succeeds reasonably well in achieving what many said was beyond the scope of cinema: conveying the world of scent and smell.
    • 70

      Variety

      The seductive, sensory prose of Patrick Suskind's bestseller, "Perfume," reaches the screen with loads of visual panache but only intermittent magic.
    • 70

      Salon

      A memorable and outrageous movie, but one more likely to be remembered as a massive folly than a whopping success.
    • 63

      ReelViews

      Deeply flawed though it may be, Perfume is a challenging motion picture, and one whose impressions are not easily shaken.
    • 60

      Village Voice

      It's a noble experiment in pushing the limits of cinema, but Tykwer never achieves true profundity.
    • 58

      The A.V. Club

      Perfume is ultimately an unmistakable failure, but there's a strange majesty to its epic overreaching. It can be faulted for many things, but not for lacking the courage of its convictions.
    • 50

      Wall Street Journal

      Weaves a sensual spell of extraordinary delicacy, then sustains it -- up to a point.

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