Storyline
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
Simon Chandler, Dustin Hoffman, John Hurt, Sam Douglas, Alan Rickman, David Calder, Sian Thomas, Ben Whishaw, Karoline Herfurth, Corinna Harfouch, Birgit Minichmayr, Richard Felix, Michael Smiley, Alvaro Roque, Franck Lefeuvre, Timothy Davies, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Sara Forestier, Paul Berrondo, Joanna Griffiths, Jessica Schwarz, Harris Gordon, Enric Arquimbau, Andrés Herrera
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Reviews
80
Empire
The odd conclusion renders it somewhat oblique, but Perfume is a feast for the senses.
70
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
A memorable and outrageous movie, but one more likely to be remembered as a massive folly than a whopping success.
63
Deeply flawed though it may be, Perfume is a challenging motion picture, and one whose impressions are not easily shaken.
