Perfect Stranger (Widescreen Edition)
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Average customer review:Product Description
When her friend s affair with married ad exec Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis) ends in the woman s murder investigative reporter Rowena Price (Academy Award® winner Halle Berry; Best Actress Monster s Ball 2001) vows to bring the killer to justice. Suspecting Hill of the crime she goes undercover by posing as two highly alluring women: Katherine a sexy temp who works within his agency and Veronica a seductive temptress he chats up online. Engaging in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse both Rowena and Hill begin to realize things may not be what they seem. For some people will go to great lengths to protect their secrets even if it means risking everything.System Requirements:Running Time: 109 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 043396183841 Manufacturer No: 18384
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #5344 in DVD
- Brand: Sony
- Released on: 2007-08-21
- Rating: R (Restricted)
- Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
- Formats: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Original language: English
- Subtitled in: English, French
- Dubbed in: French
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
- Running time: 109 minutes
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Perfect Stranger is saved from conventional starlet-in-distress mediocrity by a certain refreshing unwholesomeness, a tawdry strain that runs all the way through its climactic series of kickers. Halle Berry plays a "gotcha" reporter, currently undercover to nail a famous advertising tycoon (Bruce Willis)--not for a story, but because Berry thinks he might be involved in a friend's murder. The distasteful nature of Berry trying to seduce the married exec adds some spice, and so does her pervy assistant (Giovanni Ribisi), whose voyeuristic tendencies indicate more than customary comic relief--at the least, he's a hefty red herring. There are other red herrings, mostly beginning to smell, in the rather ramshackle script. Director James Foley, who has a talent for hothouse intensity (Glengarry Glen Ross, At Close Range) gives this material more edge than it probably deserves, although he can't make Berry convincing, and she and Ribisi are completely wrong as simpatico best friends. Willis looks good by comparison, turning a one-note role into a subtle act of professionalism. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Actually Kept My Interest.....
Ok - I'm not going to rehash the plot - you can read other reviews for that. I will tell you that this was an entertaining movie that held my interest. I did enjoy seeing Greg J. from CSI make some cameo appearances and Hally is lovely to watch, Bruce always wicked and I, personally, was kept guessing until the end, thought I had the answer, then the end kicker. With some movies and however I'm feeling at the moment, I just let them carry me along and not overanalyze it. This was the case with this movie at this time. Take that for what you will....
Waste of time
I cannot believe this is a movie. It really disgusted me and it just plain perverse. Halle Berry and Bruce Willis have shamed the art of cinema. The casting is a weak spot and a real problem. The acting just plain ridiculous, the performances were tired and forced. The story is intricate and well thought out but really what is the point. So many clues are forced on you and you can't really understand how a movie with two A-list actors could be this bad. Miles the so called "Hero" so to speak is just as sleazy and deranged as the other characters. None of the characters were liked because they were bland and too stupid to really get attached to them. Please, please, don't watch this idiotic movie it is just plain bad.
What is the point of this movie?
Film story about female reporter who works in a sleazy newspaper focused on uncovering dirt on political leaders. Dirt is usually of sexual kind where the middle aged men in crisis are attracted to their male interns, or young and attractive female employees. What is unclear is the passion that reporter (Halle Berry) has for her work. When one story goes sour, she quickly picks up another one even though she has apparently quit her job as a journalist? That premise alone makes no sense. She ends up temping in the ad agency where the boss (Bruce Willis) is married to a woman who has family money that keeps him tied to her in marriage. However, his wondering eyes are on every attractive woman working in the office and when that is not enough he is online in adult chat rooms. There is murder, stalking, revenge -- all just too thin and unbelievable to pass as an entertainment. This film is a complete flap.




