Perfect Sense

Perfect Sense is a more philosophical version of Soderberg’s Contagion, but with more modest production. With the exception of the nicely done ending, however, it is just as cold and detached, which is not the best choice, given the film’s focus on the two central characters (and their relationship). (02/06/2012)

The infection is spreading around the world. Its course is very peculiar. In every person, perhaps at the same moment, a new symptom always appears. Each symptom is associated with one of the human senses. The sense of smell, hearing, and taste are mainly affected. No one really knows how to cope with the disease. There are no medicines, and nobody knows what will happen next. The casting of actors, such as Ewan McGregor and Eva Green, the director did not intend to focus on filming the infection itself, which was the case with the film "Contagion", but rather to create a delicate, sensitive story about two people who are able to connect, love, but also hate against the backdrop of this catastrophe. Is it just how their senses change, or is it inherent in human nature? Can't a person simply get along with others? Does everything have to be complicated for them? Is the infection really just a disease, or is it a metaphor for human relationships, how we enter them with love but also bring in hatred, anger, and resentment? The film is very powerful, very impactful, yet the viewer feels disconnected. It's like watching a work that tries so hard to be artistic and not just a film, to the point where I feel like it's not even a film, but rather a closed box that we can only glimpse into. It reminds me a bit of the style of the film "Stud", but more emotional and yet less personal. A good film, but that's where it ends. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/09/rebelka-perfect-sense-sprosty-holky.html (02/26/2013)

The person who wrote the official distributor’s text must have lost all his senses (including his sixth sense), but mainly his common sense. Or else deep down he must really hate this movie. Which is equally as unlikely as someone sincerely loving Perfect Sense; originality and form are pushed too much at the expense of everything else for somebody to love this. It is more interesting (and has too many loose ends) than actually good; but luckily it is interesting in just the right way. (03/10/2012)

Remember One by Metallica? What if all people ended up like that? A great idea to depict a relationship beginning in a world slowly heading towards collapse where people entertain the false hope that things will get better. Both Ewan McGregor and Eva Green are great, even though they eat soap. The only thing that bothered me is that the movie wasn’t devoted only to those two (documentary shots from around the world), or that they didn’t show several stories taking place in various places around the planet. (01/16/2012)

Steven Soderbergh (Contagion) is much better because he takes a stark, pragmatic, factual approach. David Mackenzie wants to grasp the entire thing in a purely emotional and philosophical way, but he doesn't quite succeed, as we learn almost nothing and he just muses idly to the accompaniment of ethereal music, so the whole thing feels strange. Plus points for the atypical film contribution and a naked Eva Green, otherwise nothing great. (06/27/2016)