Quickie: PERFUME (2006)
Perfume (2006)–***1/2
Quickie Review
A young man born with a super-sensitive olfactory sense seeks to preserve forever the scents he cherishes. His obsession leads down a very dark path. This cinematic work of art had its work cut out for it. Though almost exclusively obsessed with its own visual treatment of the sense of smell (and rightly so), the film’s conventional storytelling is maintained to its benefit. Tom Tykwer’s stunning cinematic achievement is only undercut by an odd bit of anglocentric casting. Given the film’s final masterful scene, it hardly matters. Starring Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman.
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