A Perfect Murder Reviews

A Perfect Murder Review
by Jon Popick
More than adequately suspenseful, A Perfect Murder one-ups its predecessor with a bigger and better cast and a boatload of twists and turns. Based on the Frederick Knott play, which spawned the Hitchcock thriller Dial ‘M’ for Murder, the modernization...more

A Perfect Murder Review
by Joe Chamberlain
Michael Douglas plays Steven Taylor, a rich financier who has a very young wife. (Gwyneth Paltrow). Things are not going great in the marriage. This may have something to do with the fact that she is having an affair with a struggling artist (Viggo...more

A Perfect Murder Review
by Fontaine Lien
"A Perfect Murder" is a great thrill for weekend get-together nights. It's got everything a suspense thriller needs: suspense (duh), atmosphere, and *believable* characters. Michael Douglas seems apt at playing lonely millionaires, and...more

A Perfect Murder Review
by Christian Pyle
Few directors can claim to have improved on the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, but Andrew Davis' "A Perfect Murder" eclipses Hitch's "Dial M for Murder." more

A Perfect Murder Review
by Matt Prigge
"A Perfect Murder" is, of course, lifted from "Dial M For Murder," the play that was later transformed into a terrific Hitchcock movie starring Ray Milland and Grace Kelly, thus this film belongs in the elite sub-sub-genre of films known as Hitch...more

A Perfect Murder Review
by Jon Popick
More than adequately suspenseful, A Perfect Murder one-ups its predecessor with a bigger and better cast and a boatload of twists and turns. Based on the Frederick Knott play, which spawned the Hitchcock thriller Dial ‘M’ for Murder, the modernization...more

A Perfect Murder Review
by Pierce Dalton
A Perfect Murder is about the unhappy marrige of Steven Taylor (Michael Douglas) to filthy rich Emily Bradford Taylor (Gwyneth Paltrow). Steven's business will be wiped out soon, leaving Steven broke. Emily is secretly sleeping with a wannabe artist...more

A Perfect Murder Review
by Bob Bloom
A stylish thriller, loosely based on Dial M for Murder, which was one of Alfred Hitchcock's lesser thrillers of the 1950s, A Perfect Murder is cold and uninvolving. more

A Perfect Murder Review
by Berge Garabedian
Remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 thriller originally titled DIAL M FOR MURDER, pits Michael Douglas alongside Gwyneth Paltrow and Viggo Mortensen, under the direction of Andrew Davis, the man behind the 1993's FUGITIVE (8/10) starring Harrison Ford. more

A Perfect Murder Review
by Tim Voon
A PERFECT MURDER 1998 A film review by Timothy Voon Copyright 1998 Timothy Voon 2 :-) :-) out of 4 for re-dial M more

A Perfect Murder Review
by Luke Buckmaster
Cast: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet, Sarita Choudhury Director: Andrew Davis Screenplay: Patrick Smith Kelly based on the play "Dial M for Murder" by Frederick Knott Australian theatrical release: October 15 more
A Perfect Murder Review
by David Wilcock
Before the remake of Psycho appears, we've got to suffer through this remake of an earlier Hitchcock film, Dial M For Murder. As usual, Hollywood has filled it with glitz and big name stars, and it all amounts to a loud sounding nothing. The film opens...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Joe Chamberlain
Michael Douglas plays Steven Taylor, a rich financier who has a very young wife. (Gwyneth Paltrow). Things are not going great in the marriage. This may have something to do with the fact that she is having an affair with a struggling artist (Viggo...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Kleszczewski, Nicholas
It's not always a smart move to update a classic. I tremble at the thought that some very talented people are possibly throwing their careers away in updating _Psycho_ for the 90's. I get angry at those individuals of the moviegoing public who refuse...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Craig Roush
Release Date: June 5, 1998 Starring: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet, Sarita Choudhury Directed by: Andrew Davis Distributed by: Warner Brothers MPAA Rating: R (violence, sexuality, language) URL:...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Steve Kong
Stephen Taylor (Michael Douglas) is a big money mover who is married to Emily (Gwyneth Paltrow), the daughter of a rich family. Emily is having an affair with a grimy looking painter, David (Viggo Mortenson). more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Kristian Lin
A PERFECT MURDER is supposedly a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film DIAL M FOR MURDER. In truth, it only uses the setup and a few details from the original. Wealthy financier Steven Taylor (Michael Douglas) discovers that his beauteous and much...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Michael Redman
In times of crisis people are driven to desperate measures. Of course what constitutes a crisis differs from person to person. What may be a disastrous situation for one, may be seen as a challenge to another. As Deepak Chopra is known to say, "It's not...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Yen, Homer
Whenever Steven Taylor (Michael Douglas), looks upon his wife, Emily (Gwyneth Paltrow), there is an unmistakable aura of dislike hanging in the air. "That's not happiness to see me," they bitterly say to one another. It is a marriage that has...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by David N. Butterworth
Well, I'm not *in* love with him. Gwyneth Paltrow is in love with him. Well, not Gwyneth Paltrow exactly, but the character she plays in her latest film, one Emily Bradford. Well, she *was* in love with him, presumably at some point (not Michael...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by David N. Butterworth
Well, I'm not *in* love with him. Gwyneth Paltrow is in love with him. Well, not Gwyneth Paltrow exactly, but the character she plays in her latest film, one Emily Bradford. Well, she *was* in love with him, presumably at some point (not Michael...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Mark R Leeper
Capsule: This is an updating and a remake of a great stage thriller. The new version adds some complexity to the story, but nothing that could really be called an improvement. This story did not...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Harvey S. Karten
Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D. Warner Bros./ Kopelson Entertainment Director: Andrew Davis Writer: Patrick Smith Kelly, play by Frederick Knott Cast: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet more
A Perfect Murder Review
by David Sunga
Rating: 2.5 stars (out of 4.0) ******************************** Key to rating system: 2.0 stars - Debatable 2.5 stars - Some people may like it 3.0 stars - I liked it 3.5 stars - I am biased in favor of the movie 4.0 stars - I felt the movie's impact...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Michael Dequina
The murder may be perfect, but Andrew Davis's loose update of Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 classic _Dial_M_for_Murder_ is not even close. Davis and screenwriter Patrick Smith Kelly have come up with an interesting wrinkle to Frederick Knott's original play:...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Nathaniel R. Atcheson
Director:  Andrew Davis Cast:  Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen Screenplay:  Patrick Smith Kelly Producers:  Anne Kopelson, Arnold Kopelson, Peter MacGregor-Scott, Christopher Mankiewicz Runtime:  107 min. US Distribution: ...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Steve Rhodes
Gorgeous and fabulously wealthy Emily Bradford Taylor has been spending a lot of time lately with her favorite painter, the impoverished David Shaw, and it's not just to admire his etchings. We watch them kiss while rolling over and over in bed so...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Scott Renshaw
A PERFECT MURDER (Warner Bros.) Starring: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet. Screenplay: Patrick Smith Kelly, based on the play "Dial M For Murder" by Frederick Knott. Producers: Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson,...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Scott Renshaw
A PERFECT MURDER (Warner Bros.) Starring: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet. Screenplay: Patrick Smith Kelly, based on the play "Dial M For Murder" by Frederick Knott. Producers: Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson,...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Jon Ridge
As antiquated as the formula is, I'm surprised Hollywood keeps it around: wife cheats on abusive spouse and, instead of leaving him, convinces her lover to kill him so they can be together and get all his money. Or, roles can be switched and jealous...more
A Perfect Murder Review
by Matt Williams
A Perfect Murder Review
by James Berardinelli