Perfect Stranger (Widescreen Edition)
by James Foley
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Actor: Bruce Willis, Gary Dourdan, Giovanni Ribisi, Halle Berry, Richard PortnowDirector: James Foley
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Perfect Stranger (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: A good thriller, but one that takes time to develop and get into!
Summary: 4 Stars
This isen't a run of the mill type of thriller. But it may be difficult to like while viewing it for the first time because there are many relevant things in the plot that are not shown in the proper time sequence. By that I mean that there are essential plot developments missing that take place very early in the childhood of Rowan (Halle Berry). That is the missing link to the whole story which only becomes apparent at the very end, when Rowan's journalist partner Miles talks about them and other important event that happened later. For that reason most of the movie has this strange feeling to it that the viewers will probably feel that they are missing something. But it all becomes clear in the end, in a very drastic and suspensful way. It is at the end when we are finally told why certain things happened, and why people acted the way they did.
Like I wrote the movie may seem and is rather slow in its development towards explaining what is really going on, but you just have to stay with it until the end to find out what it is all about.
What really surprised me was the end to this movie, and also the many negative reviews that this DVD got. I can't agree with those that claim that this is a bad or boring movie in anyway. I think its rather an unusual thriller, that takes a bit of time to get into, but today's audiences are so caught up and weaned to quick action TV series that they apparently can't appreciate a good thriller anymore, even if it means staying focused on it until the end.
This is a good thriller, and especially one that just seems to get even better when seeing it again for the 2nd or even 3rd time.
Summary of Perfect Stranger (Widescreen Edition)
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.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
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