Michael Douglas,
Gwyneth Paltrow,
Viggo Mortensen,
David Suchet,
Sarita Choudhury
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A Perfect Murder is based on Frederick Knott's play Dial M for Murder, filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954. Married to commodities trader Stephen Taylor (Michael Douglas), Emily Bradford (Gwyneth Paltr... read more
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Release Date: June 5, 1998
DVD Release Date: November 3, 1998
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September 18, 2011A typical mid-90's thriller with the murders and the twists and the mystique and the sexual tension. But hey....I like the mid-90's thrillers...they get the money rolling. Pretty okay movie.
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January 6, 2010I really wanted to enjoy this movie. It looks amazing on paper, but it just wasn't anything special. The plot started off quite nice, but became an incredibly cheesy and typical ending. I am extremely sick of movies that have to end with the good guy/girl winning. I think the ide... read more
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December 3, 2009Modern version of Hitchcock movie 'Dial M for Murder'. A rich wife Emily (Gwyneth) has an affair with a shady artist. Her husband Steven (Michael) finds out and blackmails his wife's lover into killing her. It would have been the perfect murder but it does not all go to plan. Gre... read more
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September 19, 2009A very good thriller with a great well established cast. Pity David Suchet didn't get a bit more screen time though. Has some good twists but nothing you don't really expect to be honest. Definitely worth a watch though.
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September 10, 2008The remake of Hitchcock?s ?Dial M for Murder? and a good job of it was made. Some slight variences from the original storyline, but all the important parts were included.
A story with great twists, Douglas plays rich and arrogant very well and we see a not so well known at th... read more -
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December 10, 2010I've just watched 'A Perfect Murder', and once again I'm impressed by Michael Douglas' performance.
Maybe Michael Douglas is very good at reading scripts, because almost all his movies are good or at least average. New Douglas movies like One Night at McCool's and Traffic confir... read more -
April 28, 2011A magnificent murder-romance thriller with exceptional characterizations, Andrew Davis brilliantly directs this contemporary spin on Alfred Hitchcock's "Dail M for Murder". Michael Douglas delivers one of his finest performances as a cut-throat millionaire financier and control f... read more
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October 10, 2010This stylish and dark drama stars Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow as a married couple ensnared in a web of mutual deceit and treachery. Despite the couple's wealthy lifestyle, neither one is happy. The wife is cheating on the husband. Instead of being furious at her lover (Vi... read more
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April 28, 2010Meh I didnt care for this all that much. I often do like this type of movie,but this one was rather boring. The plot is similar to Hitchcocks Dial M for Murder for which I havent seen. So yeah I suggest you check that one out instead of wasting your time with this one. Although I... read more
Critic Reviews
November 6, 2002
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 12, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
None of the amusement gained in watching the performances, unfortunately, amounts to much, as the script, in a desperate attempt to lend action interest to the original, static, puzzle plot, compounds... Full Review
June 5, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
What the film lacks is suspense, surprise (the new ending is a dud) and passion.
February 14, 2001
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
A Perfect Murder begins better than it ends, and the pleasures it offers turn out to be more of a transitory nature. Full Review
January 1, 2000
David Denby, New York Magazine
His [Davis] direction is swift and very effective, and the movie, shot in shades of ebony (the color of black marble), looks exceptionally handsome. Full Review
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
...A Perfect Murder has inexplicably managed to eliminate almost everything that was worthwhile about Dial M for Murder, leaving behind the nearly-unwatchable wreckage of a would-be '90s thriller. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Stephen Holden, New York Times
You don't have to believe a word of the strained dialogue in A Perfect Murder to be seduced by the movie's chilly high-gloss ambiance and its skillfully plotted update of Frederick Knott's play... Full Review
January 1, 2000
Susan Stark, Detroit News
Loaded with dramatic irony in the first half and with tension in the second, the film gives Douglas another chance to do his slick, sinister best; Paltrow a chance to extend her emotional range; and M... Full Review
January 1, 2000
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
What Andrew Davis has essentially done is to take one three-star movie and turn it into another three-star movie. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I think it works like a nasty little machine to keep us involved and disturbed; my attention never strayed, and one of the elements I liked was the way Paltrow's character isn't sentimentalized. Full Review
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