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A Perfect Murder (1998)

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Critics Reviews Average Grade:   C+
Source Brief Review Grade*
Austin Chronicle
Hollis Chacona
"...as beautiful as the finished puzzle is, it's still missing a few vital pieces." more... C  
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
"My only real disappointment with the movie comes at the end..." more... B  
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk
"...a sturdy, high-gloss mystery that stacks up well against its modern-day competition." more... B  
E! Online "Beyond Paltrow's flawlessly applied lipstick, there's little perfect in this cat-and-mouse manipulator." more... C+
Film Journal International
Chris Grunden
"Stylish but tepid..." more... C  
Film Threat
Anthony Miele
"It captures little of the emotion contained in the original and none of its style." more... C-
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
"...begins better than it ends, and the pleasures it offers turn out to be more of a transitory nature." more... C+
New York Times
Stephen Holden
"...the story has enough nasty twists and tantalizing clues for its ingenious mechanics to remain engaging." more... B+
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
"...nearly-unwatchable wreckage..." more... D+
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
"What the film lacks is suspense, surprise (the new ending is a dud) and passion." more... C+
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
"...there's nothing about this thriller to prevent it from soon becoming enmeshed in the memory with others in which Michael Douglas wears a starched collar and grits his teeth." more... C  
* Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)
 
 


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