Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows Shop News Showtimes

Perfume

Play trailer Poster for Perfume R 2001 1h 46m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
11% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 51% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
All the dialog in "Perfume" was completely improvised by its actors. And while each major storyline had its own 'arc,' each actor brought their own experiences and skills to their scenes, creating their own characters - and often changing the film's entire story - as they worked.
Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

Where to Watch

Perfume

Critics Reviews

View All (9) Critics Reviews
Boston Globe Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 6, 2007 Full Review Jay Richardson Future Movies UK Rated: 8/10 Jan 6, 2007 Full Review James Berardinelli ReelViews Rated: 2.5/4 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Reel.com Rated: 2/4 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 4, 2005 Full Review Caffeinated Clint Moviehole Rated: 1/5 May 6, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View All (33) audience reviews
Audience Member Aside from the fact it has some famous names in it, I cannot think of any reason to mention seeing this film. It wasn't particularly interesting and perhaps the "best scene" appeared in the first few minutes then apparently reappeared at least one or more times later on. About the shenanigans of the modeling and fashion industry...can you read my mind and see how dull it was? A film that probably should never have been made, never mind released. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member You want the "Perfume" film that is of alost time and of a mute man who creates themost adoring perfume from the scent of women that he see and meets... The music is Breath Taking.... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Never saw the movie - but Estella is a total babe!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member ** (out of four) Interesting idea, but turns out to be more of a bore than an coherent story. A huge cast gather together for a movie that doesn't have a script. Instead all the actors ad libbed the entire film. The plot centers around the fashion industry in New York. Unfortunately, the actors can't make it interesting enough. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Love the last scene, when the guy reveals all the amazing scents he had created, and people become mad.. God...what a scene that was... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member You look at this all star cast - Rita Wilson, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Gallagher, Paul Sorvino, Michelle Williams, Leslie Mann, Omar Epps, Mariel Hemingway, Mariska Hargitay, Estella Warren, and others - You immediately think stellar, right? Don't, you would be sadly mistaken. Sometimes bright stars don't equal blockbusters but bright shining pieces of film crap. Perfume would be one of those. Sad and horribly frustrating about this film, was it could have been great. Most of it I have found out was unscripted, which could have been brilliant. Unfortunately, the sound mixing was dreadful. The music was too loud and drowned out most of the dialogue half the time. The other half of the time, six people were talking at once and you couldn't understand what one of them was saying, let alone all six. This movie split off in too many directions. I am all for multiple characters and story lines. But, You have to develop the characters and make them rich, and the stories actually have to be going some where. In this film, you have 20 undeveloped characters, wandering about aimlessly. The ending is nothing short of a cop out if you ask me. It's like they were all scratching their heads saying " Well boys we have pissed away an hour and 44 minutes of these people's lives on this useless, aimless crap. We have no time to really give any of these stories an ending, so lets just call it quits." Absolutely the worst ending to a movie that I have ever seen. Seriously. A note to Hunter Carson and Michael Rymer - The next time you get high and think about directing a movie, just say no. Perfume was an absolute waste of time. It gets one star because of the all star cast, and once in awhile you could see some of them trying to polish this turd. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
Perfume

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop 88% % Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop Watchlist Happenstance 64% 74% Happenstance Watchlist Stardom 42% 42% Stardom Watchlist Adaptation 90% 85% Adaptation Watchlist TRAILER for Adaptation Coffee and Cigarettes 63% 75% Coffee and Cigarettes Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Movie Info

Synopsis All the dialog in "Perfume" was completely improvised by its actors. And while each major storyline had its own 'arc,' each actor brought their own experiences and skills to their scenes, creating their own characters - and often changing the film's entire story - as they worked.
Director
Michael Rymer
Producer
L.M. Kit Carson, Cynthia Hargrave, Nadia Leonelli, Fredrik Sundwall
Screenwriter
L.M. Kit Carson, Michael Rymer
Production Co
Parseghian/Planco, MainPix, Moonstar Entertainment, Manifesto Films
Rating
R (Brief Nudity|Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 46m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Surround
Most Popular at Home Now