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  • 2019
  • R
  • Pantelion Films
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2019
  • R
  • Pantelion Films
  • 1 h 37 m

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 and ...

Directed By: Manolo Caro

Written By: Paolo Genovese, Paola Mammini, Rolando Ravello, Paolo Costella, Filippo Bologna

  • 2019
  • R
  • Pantelion Films
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2019
  • R
  • Pantelion Films
  • 1 h 37 m

Perfect Strangers (Perfectos Desconocidos)

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
63
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
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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 and ...

Directed By: Manolo Caro

Written By: Paolo Genovese, Paola Mammini, Rolando Ravello, Paolo Costella, Filippo Bologna

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
63
55% Positive
6 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
63
55% Positive
6 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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83
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.
By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW
75
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.
By Jose Solís FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 7, 2019
Although it's enjoyable to make the acquaintance of the well-played, crowd-pleasing Strangers, the encounter is quickly forgotten.
By Jonathan Holland FULL REVIEW
63
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.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
60
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.
By Andrew Barker FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 10, 2019
This picture is well acted (one of the cast members, Manuel García-Rulfo, has a growing profile in Hollywood; he was seen last year in “Widows” and “Sicario: Day of the Soldado”) and maintains narrative interest without ever grabbing the viewer by the lapels.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 10, 2019
Manolo Caro's film uses its characters as rigid markers of cowardice, lust, and entitlement.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW

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5.7
50% Positive
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17% Negative
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33% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Production Company Cinepolis Producciones, Noc Noc Cinema, Woo Films
Release Date Jan 11, 2019
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating R
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Awards

Mexican Cinema Journalists
• 10 Nominations

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