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A virus is spreading. People around the world are being infected. First the grief, then smell is gone. As loss of one sense leads to another, people are stripped of the lives that they once knew. Chaos ensues whilst a young couple try to begin a relationship. Michael (Ewan McGregor, Star Wars, Shallow Grave) is a chef and Susan, (Eva Green, Casino Royale, Camelot) a scientist, their budding relationship must evolve around the virus before it takes them and everyone else over.
Ewan McGregor leads a talented cast including his Trainspotting co-star Ewen Bremner, Denis Lawson (Bleak House) and Connie Nielsen (Gladiator) in a daring and inventive sci-fi thriller for our modern times.
Winner! Best British Feature Edinburgh International Film Festival "Inventive and daring"--The List
Ewan McGregor leads a talented cast including his Trainspotting co-star Ewen Bremner, Denis Lawson (Bleak House) and Connie Nielsen (Gladiator) in a daring and inventive sci-fi thriller for our modern times.
Winner! Best British Feature Edinburgh International Film Festival "Inventive and daring"--The List
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: A virus is spreading. People around the world are being infected. First the grief, then smell is gone. As loss of one sense leads to another, people are stripped of the lives that they once knew. Chaos ensues whilst a young couple try to begin a relationship. Michael (Ewan McGregor, Star Wars, Shallow Grave) is a chef and Susan, (Eva Green, Casino Royale, Camelot) a scientist, their budding relationship must evolve around the virus before it takes them and everyone else over. Ewan McGregor leads a talented cast including his Trainspotting co-star Ewen Bremner, Denis Lawson (Bleak House) and Connie Nielsen (Gladiator) in a daring and inventive sci-fi thriller for our modern times. ...Perfect Sense ( The Last Word )
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A very thought provoking low budget drama with an excellent cast making the most of a unique and interesting story.
Ewan McGregor plays a chef in Glasgow; Eva Green a doctor at the hospital. She lives in an apartment looking out over the yard at the back of Ewan's restaurant where he pops out for a smoke. They meet, fall in love and struggle together to come to terms with the real purpose of the story.
A disease is breaking out; slowly at first but it emerges that the world's population are losing their senses. First to go is the sense of smell, and it was a stroke of genius to have a chef in a leading role. How does he cope with not being able to smell the food he's cooking? When the sense of taste goes he has a real challenge on his hands, but if he wants to keep in business he has to evolve.
For me, the film dipped a little when the narrator took over to explain what was happening. Perhaps this was intended for the American audience, but I thought it was superfluous and lazy. The joy of the film is the sensual love affair between McGregor and Green (and there is a genuine chemistry there) amidst the gradual diminishment of the world's senses.
An added bonus for fans of the main actors is their desire to remove their clothes quite a lot. Beware cries from the audience of 'he nearly had my eye out with that!'
Ewan McGregor plays a chef in Glasgow; Eva Green a doctor at the hospital. She lives in an apartment looking out over the yard at the back of Ewan's restaurant where he pops out for a smoke. They meet, fall in love and struggle together to come to terms with the real purpose of the story.
A disease is breaking out; slowly at first but it emerges that the world's population are losing their senses. First to go is the sense of smell, and it was a stroke of genius to have a chef in a leading role. How does he cope with not being able to smell the food he's cooking? When the sense of taste goes he has a real challenge on his hands, but if he wants to keep in business he has to evolve.
For me, the film dipped a little when the narrator took over to explain what was happening. Perhaps this was intended for the American audience, but I thought it was superfluous and lazy. The joy of the film is the sensual love affair between McGregor and Green (and there is a genuine chemistry there) amidst the gradual diminishment of the world's senses.
An added bonus for fans of the main actors is their desire to remove their clothes quite a lot. Beware cries from the audience of 'he nearly had my eye out with that!'
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Ewan McGregor and Eva Green star as two people who fall in love just as the world is thrown into turmoil. As people lose their senses, first smell, then taste, then hearing and finally sight, this film portrays an extremely scary subject beautifully. The two main characters are not immediately likeable, but you soon find yourself wrapped up in their story and imagining the horror if an epidemic like this actually happened. As the senses disappear so does the world... it brought me to tears, and will be in my film collection for years to come. Watch it.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is easily the best British film I've seen in a long time. I watched 'Contagion' recently and that was scary but this leaves it dead if you'll excuse the pun. Ewan McGregor and Eva Green meet and start a relationship just as a mystery pandemic hits the entire world. People everywhere experience a moment of intense grief and then lose their sense of smell. Scientists are baffled but being what we are we move on and adjust. Next everyone experiences a moment of intense gluttony and taste too is lost. Having cleverly cast McGregor as a chef we see how the restaurant overcomes this crisis to stay in business. The next to go is hearing preceded by moments of rage and society suffers as a direct result. By now you can see where this is going and if you don't think blindness is scary just imagine it in a world where no one can see. Like it or not blind people survive in our world because of the sighted.
This is a superb film with first class performances by all its cast and a genuine chemistry between its stars. There is a lot of tenderness in their story as their love grows against a backdrop of sensual loss and they almost lose it in the rage.
See this film, keep a copy and treasure your senses. This vision is almost too terrifying to contemplate.
This is a superb film with first class performances by all its cast and a genuine chemistry between its stars. There is a lot of tenderness in their story as their love grows against a backdrop of sensual loss and they almost lose it in the rage.
See this film, keep a copy and treasure your senses. This vision is almost too terrifying to contemplate.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Get's you right in the heart
The film is far from perfect (but what film is!?) but I recommend you see it! A Brilliant concept. Characters are interesting enough to keep you watching. Nicely set-up. Read more
Published 3 hours ago by stelleisonfire
Frightening!
I find this a great movie. Ewan McGregor and Eva Green are great in their roles as chef of a restaurant and a doctor in the local hospital. They meet and fall in love. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Sylvia Buseke
Power of love + The end of the world = a very scary masterpiece!
Perfect Sense did for me what the Sixth Sense were said to do, it has a very high expectation of romance and power. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Elizabeth
Almost 5 stars
Ideally I would have given this a four and a half as it is just a shade off a full 5 star rating. The story is certainly provocative but that is where I deducted the half star,... Read more
Published 1 month ago by G. Legon
Terrifying
Heres a little hidden gem if there ever was one.
I only watched this movie as im a huge Eva Green fan and have seen everything she has ever been in. Read more
I only watched this movie as im a huge Eva Green fan and have seen everything she has ever been in. Read more
Published 2 months ago by scarebear
Perfect Sense
Perfect Sense is a thought provoking and disturbing film which explores a new angle of an old story line. I very much enjoyed this film.
Published 2 months ago by Gollie
Original and moving
Perfect Sense is a good film, but is probably a bit on the esoteric side for lovers of the apocalyptic. Read more
Published 2 months ago by S. Haddow
Bored Senseless
I gave up half way through out of sheer boredom. I can't remember a film as dull as this one, despite a good cast. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jones the Film
Perfect, deep, and a timeless classic
A very thought provoking film.It has so many different interpretations to the individual, like any excellent piece of art it is how the watcher interprets the meanings for... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Tony Kelly
Hardly uplifting, but surprisingly effective
I've become so used to Hollywood showing us disaster movies on epic proportions and utilising millions of dollars worth of special effects, that I seriously doubted a film about... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Albatross
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