Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Although I found the movie imagery disturbing; I can not help but acknowledge the beauty of how it was made. The naration by John Hurd, the acting of Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, and Alan Rickman carried this movie beyond its grotesque... Full review

So i must say the purpose of the story is so great and so peaceful but the way to achieving it and the process to gain the aim is too bad. The acting is some kind of bloughing and at the... Full review

Although might not stand out as one of the best of the year 2006, Perfume is still a luscious and watchable film.... Full review

One of the best movies out there,only if you have a great mind to understand it,just think back to something in your life that had a smell to it and you will know the power of the movie.I would love to... Full review

An apprentice perfume maker, Grenouille, goes around killing and cooking young girls to distill and preserve their odor. Thats the whole movie. There are numerous naked female corpses and eventually a huge orgy. Others can review the film for 'artistic' content,... Full review

Beautiful, deep,touching movie, almost the masterpiece. This movie is the only perl in the sea of crap this year. It could not lead in the box office because people prefer to watch stupid, banal movies like Shooter.... Full review

This movie was great. Yes, it is a very, very creepy one, but good. Ben Whishaw was awesome in his role as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille; he made the character look extremely unnerving, you could sense evil from the look on his face,... Full review

I now, after watching this movie, have a true PROFOUND abhorrence towards everything of this movie. I can not believe that some one go take a movie this far into just this fantasy world. i honestly would have had a better... Full review

What a disturbing film! It was one of the best psychological thrillers I've seen in a long time. The scenes were filmed with great detail to the mise en scene, yet capturing the character's emotions. How can you translate smell through... Full review

This film is a masterpiece. It is a film that you will either hate or love, nonetheless, after watching for just 15 minutes you will not be able to turn it off regardless of how disturbing it can become. Those who... Full review

This is not to say the film is without its flaws. I was with this movie until the bizarre ending, which I'm guessing is the reason Stanley Kubrick believed the book could not be adapted to the big screen. ... Full Review

Ideally, the live girl should be relaxed and in a giving mood. Once again, we've got a visually stunning piece with fantastic set designs, costuming, sound design and locations, which fail to deliver an interesting movie. ... Full Review

The disk includes the short film that the feature was based on, as well as a "making of. The Dreamworks DVD is skimpy on the features, with only "The Story of Perfume " on board, so a rental may be best. ... Full Review

A meritorious overall design and an intriguing beginning are promptly buried by exceptionally unconventional twists and a laughably bizarre conclusion in Tom Tykwer#39;s Perfume....Based on the perceivably unfilmable bestselling novel by Patrick Suskind, the world of scents and smell appear visually delightful;....With undertones of Silence of the Lambs, and a beautifully haunting score, we're  unfortunately forced to root for Buffalo Bill..... ... Full Review

Nominated for eight categories at the 57th annual German Film Awards, also known as the Lolas, gothic thriller " Perfume: The Story of a Murderer " delightfully collected most honors as the prestigious ceremony took place yesterday night, May 4, at Berlin's Palais am Funkturm. ... Full Review

Steve `Lips' Kudlow Special to the Star Last year's doc Anvil! The Story of Anvil made audiences fall in love with Toronto's hard-luck metal band, which never stops despite a list of misfortunes that would fill a book, including a... ... Full Article

A DVD Movie ReviewThis week, during my many sleepless nights, I had the opportunity to watch a DVD that I had checked out from the library. ... Full Article

by MovieMaker Staff | Published July 11, 2007 German director Tom Tykwer began shooting Perfume: The Story of a Murderer on this day in 2005. ... Full Article

No word on extras yet. Based on the bestselling novel, Perfume is a story of an obsession so overwhelming that it leads to murder. In 18th-century France lived Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw), who was born with a phenomenal sense of... ... Full Article

Bernd Eichinger-produced thriller "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" collected eight nominations in total for the event. Already scored five nominations at this year's Saturn Awards, now it's chance for " Perfume: The Story of a Murderer " to strive... ... Full Article

Dustin Hoffman, Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer is the adaptation of much-loved novel by German writer Patrick Suskind, which catapulted him to worldwide success when published in 1985. ... Full Article