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6.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

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  1. PatC.
    Jan 7, 2004
    5
    Douglas's greatest talent seems to be playing confrontations with his nemeses. Mortensen made for a unique dude-on-the-side. As for Paltrow, we can't tell whether she's bored with Douglas or herself. As a whodunit it's intriguing and has the odd surprise, but it wasn't a perfect murder - too many survivors.
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  2. jessetaylor25
    Apr 9, 2011
    5
    "A Perfect Murder" is a remake of Alfred **** classic "Dial 'M' for Murder" which in turn is an adaptation of a Frederick Knott play. It certainly provides thrills, but what this film lacks that the great Alfred **** never went without, is great suspense. The film sometimes feels flat with what it's presenting and what little suspense it does have is executed so wearily that the whole thing feels tired and recycled. Aside from that, "A Perfect Murder" does come together as a solid thriller for the most part; it never ceased to keep my attention and most of the character interaction was intriguing. The police inspector role was cut down a lot from the original film this time leaving most of the detective work up to Paltrow's character. The ending left me a little cold, but all-in-all, this is an okay thriller.… Expand
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Metascore
50 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 22
  3. Negative: 5 out of 22
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Rita Kempley
    40
    The trouble is, we don't really much care about this philandering billionaire glamour puss, who seems perfectly capable of taking care of herself. We don't care about her husband or lover either.
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  2. Slate
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    80
    It has been sexed up, opened out, and finished off with a disappointing bang-bang climax, but it's still good fun.
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  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    50
    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.
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