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- 2005
- TV-14
- Vitagraph Films
- 1 h 45 m
- 2005
- TV-14
- Vitagraph Films
- 1 h 45 m
Summary This black comedy centers on the intense rivalry between two Madrid department store employees.
Directed By: Álex de la Iglesia
Written By: Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Álex de la Iglesia
- 2005
- TV-14
- Vitagraph Films
- 1 h 45 m
- 2005
- TV-14
- Vitagraph Films
- 1 h 45 m
El Crimen Perfecto (The Perfect Crime)
68
5.5
Summary This black comedy centers on the intense rivalry between two Madrid department store employees.
Directed By: Álex de la Iglesia
Written By: Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Álex de la Iglesia
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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81% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
19% Mixed
4 Reviews
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0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
68
81% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
19% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
De la Iglesia is a mercilessly agile talent.
Tremendously funny and entertaining.
If anyone is capable of pulling off a deviled screwball with cheeky panache, it's de la Iglesia, who's one of the world's great nutty directors yet to find the American following he so richly deserves.
As it progresses from black comedy to something approaching surreal horror, El Crimen Perfecto swells into a nightmare reminiscent of Griffin Dunne's journey through Soho hell in "After Hours."
Hitchcock and Almodóvar this film isn't, but it's a worthwhile and fairly amusing effort.
The first 60 minutes of this black comedy are brilliantly sustained, but then director and co-writer de la Iglesia loses his way.
At its most ludicrously self-referential, the film achieves the perfect meta-moment when Toledo, seeking pointers on how to get away with murder, buys a copy of "Dial M for Murder" (released in Spain as Perfect Crime) and notices the title scans incorrectly as Ferpect Crime.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 User Ratings
5.5
43% Positive
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6 Ratings
36% Mixed
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21% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 User Ratings
5.5
43% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
36% Mixed
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5 Ratings
21% Negative
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Production Company
Sogecine,
Planet Pictures,
Digital +,
Euskal Irrati Telebista (EiTB),
MEDIA Programme of the European Union,
Ministerio de Cultura,
Panico Films,
Televisión Española (TVE)
Release Date Aug 19, 2005
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating TV-14
Tagline A Wicked Good Time!
Website
http://www.crimenferpecto.com/
Awards
Goya Awards
• 6 Nominations
European Film Awards
• 3 Nominations
Cognac Festival du Film Policier
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
