jmessineo Way too much of Eva Green's boobs. Then the disease hits...first is taste and smell and then everyone goes deaf and finally everyone goes blind. I found the premise of this type of disease unrealistic. Just a morbid film with no real plot. In the end I felt empty after watching this for 90 minutes.I think we had 2 people that were alone in life and not very happy. One just lost his wife/girlfriend and the other can't have children. Then they find each other and quickly get to the sex. I mean these two did it like a couple of rabbits. Then they got mad at each other but at the end of the movie went blind together...happily ever after.

NateWatchesCoolMovies David Mackenzie's Perfect Sense is one of those films that is indeed almost near perfection, a totally unique viewing experience from frame to frame. It also happens to be one of the most depressing things you'll ever sit through, so fair warning. The story unfolds in Glasgow, where some strange pandemic is causing people, all over the world, to slowly lose there sensory perception, one at a time and preceded by cursory symptoms like rage, hunger, grief or the like. Sounds like a neat setup for a streamlined post apocalyptic thriller right?Not so much. Mackenzie is fascinated more by things like intimacy, pacing, thoughtful musical accents, haunting narration and how these underplayed qualities are influenced by the extreme nature of the theme. It's also a fiercely passionate love story, but one that gets gradually bleaker, as each instrument in our bodies we use to show love for one another slowly dims and darkens, a harrowing thing to witness once we're invested. A research scientist (Eva Green) and a chef (Ewan McGregor) meet, fall in love and are then faced with the dire adversity of the world's situation. First everyone's sense of smell disappears. Then taste. Hearing soon after. And so it goes. Their romance is already a tangled bramble bush thanks to both their collective issues, and once the epidemic enters the picture, things aren't easy to deal with and don't go well. McGregor's sunny disposition contrasts the overcast,dismal palette of the film, whilst Green and her seemingly never depleted stores of intensity are in full forecast, the two making an electric pair onscreen. I love how a story that's so rooted in sci-fi and thriller elsewhere gets the quiet, contemplative romantic focus here, it's a welcome change. This isn't Hollywood territory though, and the epidemic is treated in the gravest way, without salvation via deus ex machina in sight, and I'll warn you that the final scene will land with an anvil blow to your ol' soul, it's that bleak and disheartening. Couldn't recommend it enough though, it's a dose of pure brilliance on every perceivable level.

kieronpconnolly I wanted to stop watching this movie after ten minutes. 'Ridiculous' I thought to myself. 'Who green lighted this?' I thought to myself. But ten minutes turned into eleven minutes, turned into more, and it was in the 'more' that I was to find myself watching something quite special: a carefully crafted tale of humanity that shows how perfectly imperfect we all are, and how glorious it is to just - be. And the last scene and that last couple of seconds? Nice.

samkan Awesome. Can't believe I missed it when it came out, let alone missed hearing about it. As four years have gone by, there'e nothing I can add to the enthusiastic raves for PERFECT SENSE so my Comment will be little more than a strong recommendation to serious film buffs to not miss this film. Whether or not you consider yourself a film critic, this is not an "art" film. What appears to have disappointed those who canned P-S is the minimal treatment of the science fiction vehicle driving the love story core; i.e., just enough treatment to make the "epidemic" plausible enough so we can grasp the presence and impact of human emotions, resilience, desire and needs. The same can be said of UNDER THE SKIN, a more recent film which, like P-S, hit only a niche audience and was panned by the science fiction geeks looking for INDEPENDENCE DAY. Both films use science fiction merely as a vehicle though ordinary humanity is at the heart of both.