eurograd Perfect Stranger is one of this movies that revisits some often-used (some might say overused) plot involving a high-wheeled corporate person and somebody looking to prove herself and cast away her own demons by engaging in a truth-seeking overture that becomes more than what she had originally signed up for. It is not exactly an innovative opening line, but one that has yielded good movies last 10-12 years.The movie has some serious good acting, especially on he part of Giovanni Ribisi, who proved himself in a role more complex and mature than what he's most known for coming up with on recent years. It also has some subtle but ingenious references to The Devil Wears Prada that are quite easy to notice if you paid attention to the latter. However, the editing has left many loose ties. Some characters have their construction reversed in a manner that appears totally disconnected from the plot. We can try see through the ambiguity of some characters to wonder into their minds, but that doesn't happen at all except for Halle's character (Rowena Price). A couple plot sequences are badly knitted, giving a feeling of like of plot cohesion, and not on the positive way. This is where good acting and a decent story line are clearly lost on bad editing.

poyrazbaklan I watched perfect stranger in hopes of a smart thriller, maybe close to(but not like) identity or insomnia. Yet the main premise is so dull and unpromising that not only it bored the stuff out of me, it also made me shout at how dumb the characters were. First of all, Halle Berry's character is supposedly a smart journalist, yet she is definitely computer illiterate. In one scene she had this picture on the screen that her boss isn't supposed to see, and of course he shows up, at the same time the screen somehow freezes. And what does she do instead of turning the screen off? She panics and tries to unplug the cable with her foot. I know scenes like this are supposed to build up tension but come on! In another one she uploads a virus and gets busted by the antivirus software. Instead of shutting the software, she calls giovanni ribisi and this time he(apparently more computer-savvy than her) tells her there is no way past it and they will try later. In any case the movie is so slow paced and so devoid of any actual thrills that you never feel hooked up to it. Even in the end you see what is coming(the other characters somehow fail to do it) and watch the credits dumbfounded and not entertained in any way.

GManfred Website users were awfully tough on this one. I thought it was a good mystery - a mysterious mystery, which is not redundant. Think of all the movies that are passed off as mysteries but are not, uh, mysterious. For instance, "Dial M For Murder", in which the murderer is known throughout the picture. This one is absorbing and holds your interest for the entire hour and 50 minutes.Most users rehash the plot in their review, so to cut to the chase, this is Halle Berry's picture from start to finish and she does a great job as a journalist trying to break a big story. The first story fizzles out but the next one involves Bruce Willis as an Ad exec who she suspects is responsible for a murder. Her cohort and pal is Giovanni Ribisi, who gets better each time out. Willis, on the other hand, phones his part in and seems bored.This movie reportedly has several different endings and the CD I saw seemed to also. I thought the ending I saw was somewhat contrived, so much so that you couldn't see it coming. But I thought that's what made it interesting and absorbing, as mentioned above.

Bene Cumb The events in the beginning give already a hint that it is not going to be a fast thriller with lots of twists and action, but as the IT issues start to develop, then some scenes become especially long and dull (chatroom-related, above all). Berry and Willis are nice, especially when they play with and against each other, Ribisi is a sophisticated extra, but even they cannot assist in making the movie continuously thrilling. Undertones and nuances change too smoothly - and so does Berry's character. But the complex ending comes abruptly and is pressed into too short period of time.Recommended to those fond of Berry and Willis - but do not expect a memorable movie night. But killing time for less than 2 hours is reasonable.