Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Advantages: Don't be fooled by the scents
Disadvantages: None

The Perfume, The Story of A Murderer starred by Ben Whishaw, Allan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood and Dustin Hoffman. STORY: A two thumbs up movie...Magnificent Portrayal Of Innocence. The story of the movie was set in Medieval France. It tells the story of a peasant young man borne into the world unlikely by his mother who abandoned him during his birth.. The baby was left to an orphanage of slaves where there he serves for several masters. He then ...
...incomparable sense of smell that even the deepest part of the river he could smell. One time his master asked him to join him to deliver things. He then joining with his master went to the city, There he experiences smells of everything around him. Suddenly, he finds himself looking for a scent.. a scent that he would like to keep forever. She followed the woman but because of his annoying ways the woman was apparently been afraid of being followed. ... Read review

Advantages: Everything............................Everything
Disadvantages: Some scene might find others to be boring.

A very wonderful story of a man who is blessed by his talent to smell every single scent even from a very far away distance. But at the same time was cursed by doing such an unforgettable crime. He was thrown by his mother right after when he was born, then he was brought up in an orphanage, after a while the caretaker sold him to a man who he works as a slave. One day while walking along the town with their group, he smell a fragrance of a young ...
...girl to her home. The girl was scared by his acts, and eventually was get killed. But the actor continued on what he was doing because for him he was only trying to capture the girls scents. Only that when the girl was totally dead and loss her scent the actor realizes that he wants to know how to capture the scents of anything. After a while, he was asked by his master to bring some items to a perfume maker, this man was long time ago was very ... Read review

Advantages: Story
Disadvantages: Nudity

Synopsis: The film is based on the Patrick Süskind novel 'Perfume' and tells the story of the misanthropic , sociopathic, olfactory genius Grenouille and his homicidal quest for the perfect scent. Cast Ben Whishaw as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, the young man without a with strong sense of smell. He murders more than a dozen women to attain the perfect scent. Dustin Hoffman as Giuseppe Baldini, the man who employs Grenouille at his perfume shop. ...
...Rachel Hurd-Wood as Laura Richis, the daughter of the powerful and wealthy Antoine Richis and the final target of Grenouille. Her scent, he feels, will complete his collection. Alan Rickman as Antoine Richis, Laura's father. He knows his daugher is in target and fears for his daughter's safety. Karoline Herfurth as the Plum Girl, Grenouille's first victim. Plot: The movie is set in the 18th century and begins with the sentencing of Jean-Baptiste ... Read review

Advantages: amazing movie
Disadvantages: sex scene

One twisted story but an AMAZING movie! After seeing this, I didn't want to smell or put on perfumes. I imagined the ladies being killed just to perfect a perfume that could enslave the whole world. This is definitely not recommended for youngsters. Not just because of the killings, but with a scene where everyone except 2 persons were having sex! What a scene?!? I practically forwarded that part because I didn't want to sink it in my memory. But ...
...of the movie, was alright. His sense of smell was so intense that he could smell everything that he encounters. It's nice to have that ability but so sad to use it in a twisted way. Lesson learned in this movie is to be CONTENTED with the given blessings and DREAM BIG to STRIVE HARDER. ... Read review

Advantages: special direct ways
Disadvantages: none

Director:Tom Tykwer Actor: Ben Whishaw / Dustin Hoffman / Rachel Hurd-Wood / Alan Rickman released date: 2006 language: English country/region:German /Enland /Spain The film is an adaptation from the German writer Patrick Süskind of the international best-selling novel "Das Parfum-Die Geschichte eines M? Rders" Director Tom Tykwer hope to attract many viewers, for this purpose is not by the strange character of the heroine , point is that in ...
...meaning has been very good interpretation. The main character accidentally has a keen sense of smell, the film from the very beginning, in a story about a man, and he was very eccentric, is a traditional literature or popular a figure in the film, which makes the character more three-dimensional image. This alone can easily lead to the suffering of the audience's sympathy. ... Read review

Advantages The acting, for the most part, is amazing.
Disadvantages Its not free.

...Based on Patrick Süskind book and adapted into a movie by Tom Tykwer we see the story of a French orphan, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille-played by Ben Whishaw-who is on an elusive search to try and bottle human scent. Jean-Baptiste, born to a fish monger, from the moment of his arrival to this plane is gifted with extraordinary nostrils which can lap up every scent and memorizes them. This being quite an uncommon gift, and Jean-Baptiste being the strange man that he is he takes to sniffing all manner of paraphernalia, from rats to a beautiful red heads hair, without discrimination. And as all men we soon see our anti-hero Monsieur Grenouille has come across an amazing scent, that of a woman. Unlike all men however Jean-Baptiste begins his search to bottle it and in this search he leaves behind him a trail of destruction wherever he travels... Read review

Advantages Something different to watch, slightly entertaining.
Disadvantages Bad plot/ storyline is constant and weak.

...The cast of the film include main actor Ben Whishaw who has starred in recent films such as Bright star, Brideshead Revisited. He dominates proceedings in this film. Not one of Dustin Hoffman's best roles playing Baldini who is the perfumer. Plot Outline as stated on imdb website 'Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent'. An introduction scene is shown in a dungeon type prison where a male prisoner is taken and dragged by chains, publically humiliated and sentenced to punishment via a wooden beating and iron rods. The reason behind this is that at the end of the movie the same guy is in imaging himself as being sentenced and potentially going to die. The opening scene describes the rest... Read review

Advantages Outstanding period detail, performances, music and direction
Disadvantages Some slow spots, disturbing images/story elements

...****************************************************************** TITLE : Perfume - The Story of a Murderer RATING: ****½ CAST: Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Richard Felix, Birgit Minichmayr, Reg Wilson. NARRATOR: John Hurt DIRECTOR: Tom Tykwer SCREENWRITERS: Tom Tykwer, Andrew Birkin & Bernd Eichinger BASED ON NOVEL: "Perfume - The Story of a Murderer" by Patrick Suskind STUDIO: DreamWorks Pictures / Constantin Film / VIP Medienfonds 4 RUNNING TIME: 148 minutes RATED: R (US) & 15 (UK); contains graphic nudity, some sexuality, violence, brief profanity, disturbing images, and adult themes. DVD AVAILIBILITY: 5 GBP from Amazon; ASIN# B000MTF09A NOVEL AVAILIBILITY: 6 GBP from Amazon; ISBN# 0141029048 SOUNDTRACK AVAILIBILITY: 14.50 GBP from Amazon; ASIN... Read review