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8 out of 100

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2.5 out of 10

Generally unfavorable- based on 4 Ratings

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  • Summary: Perception is a darkly comedic gem that stars Piper Perabo as Jen Marshall, an LA girl with a reckless personality and a laundry list of burned bridges. When Jen returns to New York and unexpected tragedy strikes, it is up to her mistreated friends to decide between helping her through this tough time or abandoning her as she has done to them so many times before. (Angelika Film Center)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 4 out of 4
  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Carla Blumenkranz
    30
    This should be funny or sad, but it's neither, in this incoherent cross between "Riding the Bus With My Sister" and a Christina Ricci vehicle.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    25
    Schwartz throws in so many characters and implausible subplots - none worth mentioning - that Perception sinks under its own weight.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    10
    As the jaundiced, disjointed, drug-infested story heads toward its dismal conclusion, its reputable actors vainly struggle to infuse the goings-on with a deadpan psychotic zaniness. But even when viewed sideways, Perception is not funny; it's hardly anything at all.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 2 out of 3
  1. SergeE.
    10
    A trancendental masterpiece providing a film experience so all encompassing that I had to leave my seat twice: once to sob uncontrollably in the lobby, the other time to throw up.… Expand
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  2. ChuckW.
    0
    You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll PUKE!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. JBosepheus
    0
    Although I never really considered seeing this movie I generally found it unimpressive at best.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes