Perfect Strangers (Perfectos Desconocidos)

Name: Perfect Strangers (Perfectos Desconocidos)
Genre: Comedy
Released: January 11, 2019
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Ana Claudia Talancón, Bruno Bichir, Camila Valero, Cecilia Suárez, Franky Martín

2019

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Pantelion Films | Release Date: January 11, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Ana Claudia Talancón, Bruno Bichir, Camila Valero, Cecilia Suárez, Franky Martín, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Mariana Treviño, Miguel Rodarte

Summary: When a group of best friends get together during a lunar eclipse to share an intimate dinner in the tasteful house of Eva (Cecilia Suarez) and Antonio (Bruno Bichir), they suspect it's just another typical night until the hostess proposes a game. All guests must lay their cell phones on the table and read aloud all incoming messages andWhen a group of best friends get together during a lunar eclipse to share an intimate dinner in the tasteful house of Eva (Cecilia Suarez) and Antonio (Bruno Bichir), they suspect it's just another typical night until the hostess proposes a game. All guests must lay their cell phones on the table and read aloud all incoming messages and answer all incoming phone calls in front of the entire group. What begins as a provocative party game quickly becomes a wild ride full of twists and "textual tension" in this electrifying over the top comedy about the secrets we all carry in our pockets.… Expand

Director: Manolo Caro

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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IndieWire Kate Erbland

Jan 10, 2019

Perfect Strangers takes too much time to get to its big game — nearly its full first act is consumed by introductions and set dressing, most of it unnecessary, considering how believable the group’s chemistry is — but once it kicks into gear, the effect is dizzying. Read full review

Randy Cordova

Jan 7, 2019

The dialogue snaps with precision and cringe-worthy humor; at times, you feel like you're having one of those awkward moments in which you watch a couple bicker. The movie is delicately perched between low-key believability and telenovela melodramatics, yet never falls too far to one side. Read full review

The Film Stage Jose Solís

Jan 26, 2019

If nothing else, Perfect Strangers is a film about how limited we are in the way in which we use technology. Rather than using it as a tool to advance our ways of storytelling and means of unique self-expression, we’re allowing its pettiest aspects to tell us who we are, becoming strangers to ourselves. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jan 7, 2019

It’s more tame than daring, at least that’s how Perfect Strangers plays north of the border. And the resolution is abrupt and unsatisfying. But the actors are uniformly superb, with Suárez and Bichir standing out. Read full review

David Edelstein

Jan 11, 2019

The farcical revelations — with their attendant puking and pounding on bathroom doors — work better than the grimly sincere ones. But only one bit goes clunk — the rest is deftly staged and acted. Read full review

Andrew Barker

Jan 10, 2019

Released in Mexico late last year, Caro’s seriocomic adaptation alternates between a tense, well-acted chamber drama and an at times overly didactic parable, but its focus on our newfound willingness to collect all of our darkest secrets behind such an easily pierced veil – do we realize how precarious that tightrope we’re walking is? On some level, are we secretly hoping we might fall? – provides for plenty of squeamish entertainment. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Jan 10, 2019

Manolo Caro's film uses its characters as rigid markers of cowardice, lust, and entitlement. Read full review

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alejandro970

Jul 24, 2022

Todos tienen algo que esconder excepto el mono y yo, eso dice la canción de The Beatles. Algo a favor es que es honesto al afirmar que está basada en otra película. Es verdad que tiene uno que otro momento gracioso la premisa de ver el contenido del celular de otra persona pero, de aquí aTodos tienen algo que esconder excepto el mono y yo, eso dice la canción de The Beatles. Algo a favor es que es honesto al afirmar que está basada en otra película. Es verdad que tiene uno que otro momento gracioso la premisa de ver el contenido del celular de otra persona pero, de aquí a considerarlo una joya del cine nacional, es ya pedir demasiado. Sólo en caso que uno haya agotado todas las películas buenas.… Expand

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DogeGamer2015

Nov 22, 2020

Una buena película que nos presenta una buena trama y unas excelentes interpretaciones.

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