Perfect Stranger

Name: Perfect Stranger
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: April 13, 2007
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 31
Cast: Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi, Halle Berry

2007

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: April 13, 2007 | R

Starring: Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi, Halle Berry

Summary: How far would you go to keep a secret? When investigative reporter Rowena Price (Halle Berry) learns that her friend's murder might be connected to powerful ad executive Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), she goes undercover with the help of her associate Miles Hailey (Giovanni Ribisi). Posing as Katherine, a temp at Hill's agency, and Veronica,How far would you go to keep a secret? When investigative reporter Rowena Price (Halle Berry) learns that her friend's murder might be connected to powerful ad executive Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), she goes undercover with the help of her associate Miles Hailey (Giovanni Ribisi). Posing as Katherine, a temp at Hill's agency, and Veronica, a girl Hill flirts with online, Rowena surrounds her prey from all sides, only to discover that she isn't the only one changing identities. The closer we get to learning the truth, the more we understand how far people will go to protect it. [Sony Pictures]… Expand

Director: James Foley

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 109 min

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Mick LaSalle

To see Perfect Stranger is to wish for a more sophisticated vehicle for a film actress this good, but actors -- and audiences -- take what they can get. This is better than most. Read full review

William Arnold

Cliched, mostly routine and never especially satisfying. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

It is an acceptable enough thriller, neither the worst you've seen nor the opposite. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

Perfect Stranger is the Egg MacGuffin of whodunits, a cheesy affair that casts so many baited lures that they tangle each other and don't hook you. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

The star wattage quickly dims in this slick-looking but ringingly hollow affair that starts off generically at best before collapsing into a convoluted heap of shrill screen cliches. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

A crappy thriller gussied up with a chrome-plated veneer. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Life is full of choices, and Halle Berry has made another bad one with Perfect Stranger, a perfectly off-putting thriller.

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MarquesH

Oct 1, 2007

I was against seeing this movie after reading all the reviews. I'm sorry, the critics are wrong. The plot was excellent, I was on th edge my seat. Halle Berry, Bruce Willis and Giovanni were excellent in this film. Go rent this movie, you will not be disappointed.

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FrankO.

Apr 20, 2007

Pleasantly surprised by this movie - surpise ending that had me totally baffled - I don't understand the negative reviews of this flim???

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EthneeR.

May 4, 2007

I was pleasantly amazed with this movie! From reading every negative review on the planet, I expected a dreadful show of Halle Berry and Bruce Willis. BUT...the end twisted the whole story and I actually had to watch it twice to tie it all together. I don't really get why everyone is I was pleasantly amazed with this movie! From reading every negative review on the planet, I expected a dreadful show of Halle Berry and Bruce Willis. BUT...the end twisted the whole story and I actually had to watch it twice to tie it all together. I don't really get why everyone is hatin' on this film. It was twisted in all the right ways! I actually liked it!… Expand

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SusieH.

Apr 14, 2007

I don't think this movie was as bad as the reviews made it out to be except for getting a little weird near the end.

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LisaE.

May 6, 2007

This is one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. It had such a weak storyline which didn't really seem to go anywhere. A total waste of time!

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FilipeNeto

Dec 29, 2018

This movie initially did not seem to me as bad as many say it is. Seriously, it's nice when we see it, but it gets worse when we think about it seriously. The story revolves around a journalist trying to find out the killer of a childhood friend who had told her she was having an affair withThis movie initially did not seem to me as bad as many say it is. Seriously, it's nice when we see it, but it gets worse when we think about it seriously. The story revolves around a journalist trying to find out the killer of a childhood friend who had told her she was having an affair with a powerful executive at an advertising firm. Of course, the journalist immediately suspects him and decides to infiltrate the company and seduce him to discover the truth.

The film has a good initial premise and provides the public with good entertainment and even some pleasant suspense. The problem comes when we think of what we are seeing. Right from the beginning, the journalist tries to expose a politician who, despite being a homosexual, positions himself as an opponent of LGBT rights. At least that's what I understood! I understand that being gay and being gay is a gigantic contradiction, but it still does not seem to me a reason for a journalistic bore, even when holding public office. The personal life of each one only concerns each one, and it is only each one who should see the possible contradictions that may exist and be honest with himself. And as if that were not enough, the journalist then decides to seduce a married man, who she knows to be a womanizer and a contumacious adulterer, to know if he killed her friend. The CEO of the film is portrayed as an adulterer who sexually assaults the female employees ... but if sexual harassment is a crime what we see in the film no: I only saw the female employees almost throw themselves into the employer's lap, which did not is made of iron ... All this ends up making us forget the initial homicide, which should be the focus of the film and which loses its importance as the games of seduction between the boss and the false employee become more intense. Another thing that does not have any kind of relevance but that the film highlights as far as can be the torrid sexual encounters of the main character. Okay, sex sells, but even sex must have been right in a movie.

Honestly, the problem with this film is the poor construction of the script, which gives ancillary value and forgets the fundamental. Another problem I noticed is the poor build of the characters, who are unable to empathize with the audience, even though I liked the idea that they all had their own "dark side", their skeleton in the closet. But the bad construction of the characters is a consequence of the bad script. Hale Berry tried to show talent and still achieves a satisfactory performance, but did not receive material to shine. Bruce Willis, despite being in a character that allows him to take full advantage of the charm and magnetism that usually attributed to him, also did not seem at his best. The two actors built good chemistry, but that's it. Giovanni Ribisi is simply stupid and Nicki Aycox had a character with no credibility whatsoever.

The movie entertains, but it is better to see without thinking about it. It turns out to be perfectly forgettable.… Expand

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AnneD.

Apr 14, 2007

A perfect mess. What a silly and badly thought out plot. Halle Berry is just awful in this ultra-dreary and dull film.

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