Perfect Sense

Perfect Sense is a more philosophical version of Soderberg’s Contagion, but with more modest production. With the exception of the nicely done ending, however, it is just as cold and detached, which is not the best choice, given the film’s focus on the two central characters (and their relationship). (06/02/2012)

A perfect premise, no doubt. The director of Spread has made a surprisingly ambitious romantic drama with a global catastrophe as a backdrop. The result is quite impressive, but it could have been even more so if the relationship between the two protagonists worked better – I just didn’t feel any bond between McGregor and Green. The apocalyptic line works much better and it was the most enjoyable thing in Perfect Sense. What’s a stumbling block, though, is that the creators want to express way too many things in these two lines (from personal relationships, through the human nature, all the way to our relationship with our planet) and I couldn’t catch the central motif, if there was any to begin with. The resulting impression is as if someone had optimistically told me that I still have one year of a happy life left… 7/10 (15/01/2012)

The person who wrote the official distributor’s text must have lost all his senses (including his sixth sense), but mainly his common sense. Or else deep down he must really hate this movie. Which is equally as unlikely as someone sincerely loving Perfect Sense; originality and form are pushed too much at the expense of everything else for somebody to love this. It is more interesting (and has too many loose ends) than actually good; but luckily it is interesting in just the right way. (10/03/2012)

Remember One by Metallica? What if all people ended up like that? A great idea to depict a relationship beginning in a world slowly heading towards collapse where people entertain the false hope that things will get better. Both Ewan McGregor and Eva Green are great, even though they eat soap. The only thing that bothered me is that the movie wasn’t devoted only to those two (documentary shots from around the world), or that they didn’t show several stories taking place in various places around the planet. (16/01/2012)

Steven Soderbergh (Contagion) is much better because he takes a stark, pragmatic, factual approach. David Mackenzie wants to grasp the entire thing in a purely emotional and philosophical way, but he doesn't quite succeed, as we learn almost nothing and he just muses idly to the accompaniment of ethereal music, so the whole thing feels strange. Plus points for the atypical film contribution and a naked Eva Green, otherwise nothing great. (27/06/2016)

The infection is spreading around the world. Its course is very peculiar. In every person, perhaps at the same moment, a new symptom always appears. Each symptom is associated with one of the human senses. The sense of smell, hearing, and taste are mainly affected. No one really knows how to cope with the disease. There are no medicines, and nobody knows what will happen next. The casting of actors, such as Ewan McGregor and Eva Green, the director did not intend to focus on filming the infection itself, which was the case with the film "Contagion", but rather to create a delicate, sensitive story about two people who are able to connect, love, but also hate against the backdrop of this catastrophe. Is it just how their senses change, or is it inherent in human nature? Can't a person simply get along with others? Does everything have to be complicated for them? Is the infection really just a disease, or is it a metaphor for human relationships, how we enter them with love but also bring in hatred, anger, and resentment? The film is very powerful, very impactful, yet the viewer feels disconnected. It's like watching a work that tries so hard to be artistic and not just a film, to the point where I feel like it's not even a film, but rather a closed box that we can only glimpse into. It reminds me a bit of the style of the film "Stud", but more emotional and yet less personal. A good film, but that's where it ends. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/09/rebelka-perfect-sense-sprosty-holky.html (27/02/2013)

The topic was good; when I read the blurb about it I was looking forward to watching. Unfortunately, I found the treatment very disappointing; I didn’t like it. The first half of the movie came over all comical and confused. The other half began to take off and was significantly better, but no good enough to make up for the beginning. I’m quite surprised at the high rating (76%); I found this movie absolutely mediocre. (21/04/2015)