Synopsis
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.
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Cast
- Michael DouglasSteven Taylor
- Gwyneth PaltrowEmily Bradford Taylor
- Viggo MortensenDavid Shaw
- David SuchetMohamed Karaman
- Sarita ChoudhuryRaquel Martinez
- Michael P. MoranBobby Fain
- Novella NelsonAmbassador Alice Wills
- Constance TowersSandra Bradford
- Will LymanJason Gates
- Maeve McGuireAnn Gates
Recommendations
- 80
Slate
It has been sexed up, opened out, and finished off with a disappointing bang-bang climax, but it's still good fun. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
I've seen far worse thrillers than A Perfect Murder, but the movie is ultimately more competent than pleasurable. - 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
By the head-scratching dénouement, the "perfect" in the title seems particularly misplaced. How about Dial M for Muddle. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
If the roller-coaster plot twists lose you, there's always the satisfaction of Douglas's take on a script rife with amusing double entendres. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
There's nothing about this thriller to prevent it from soon becoming enmeshed in the memory with others in which Michael Douglas wears a starched collar and grits his teeth. - 50
Variety
The dilemma in this Perfect Murder is its singular failure at creating a rooting interest for a character or situation. - 50
Washington Post
The unsatisfying thriller A Perfect Murder is a triumph of style over substance, with style in this case winning only by default. - 40
Film Threat
This film once again proves that Hollywood has apparently run out of original ideas and is forced to remake another classic film and, like most Hollywood remakes -- big surprise -- it SUCKS.
