Perfect Sense
IFC Films | Release Date: February 3, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
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Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
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9
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Slant MagazineGlenn Heath Jr.Feb 2, 2012
Visually glassy and smooth, Perfect Sense values the dynamic mood of each scene without being overly stylized. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumFeb 8, 2012
Ewan McGregor and Eva Green are easy on the eyes as lovers in Perfect Sense, an intriguing apocalyptic romance with a multi-purpose title. Read full review
80
Boxoffice MagazineRay GreeneJan 30, 2012
Director David Mackenzie's quietly accomplished film straddles the arthouse world and cult movies with a unique poetic vision. Read full review
70
NPRAndrew LapinFeb 6, 2012
Perfect Sense shines best outside of the bedroom, in sequences that show the human race adjusting to tragedy after tragedy. Read full review
70
TimeRichard CorlissFeb 2, 2012
What's unusual about the sometimes screwy but mostly smart and always heartfelt Perfect Sense - is its search for a middle ground. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMark HolcombJan 31, 2012
Perfect Sense beautifully captures the ache and counterintuitive thrill of "the days as we know them, the world as we imagine the world" fading away by degrees. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinJan 30, 2012
You've got to make room in your heart for a film in which the world ends with neither a bang nor a whimper but a cuddle. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubAlison WillmoreFeb 8, 2012
The perseverance of McGregor's restaurant, in spite of its apparent inutility in the changing world, ends up having more poignancy than his parting and reuniting with the glowering Green. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFeb 8, 2012
Perfect Sense offers an epic tale seen through the prism of a tiny, intimate story. It's the inverse of "Contagion," which sacrificed character to scope. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen HoldenFeb 2, 2012
The love story doesn't quite work. Mr. McGregor and Ms. Green make an attractive couple. But the movie's notion of two self-centered people ill suited to each other, shedding their defenses and clinging together, feels forced and sentimental. Read full review
60
EmpireKim NewmanJan 30, 2012
Odd, but intriguing. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniJan 30, 2012
Perfect Sense is a very conventional love story wrapped into a slightly more quirky, apocalyptic yarn and lightly dusted with a touch of true originality. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierFeb 2, 2012
Though it eventually gets down to more serious business, this Glasgow-set apocalyptic romance-drama seems, at first, to be most concerned about whether restaurants will survive the end of the world. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJan 31, 2012
Filmed with the somber pretentiousness of a "Babel," the movie never quite converts its premise into something grander (never mind believable). Meanwhile, the world starts to riot, yet their bed is warm. Will love save the day? Unfortunately for us, our sense of smell remains intact. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeJan 30, 2012
Perfect Sense is dense: It's a very complex and intelligent story hybrid that, must have looked great on paper and sounded impressive in discussion, but as a movie, it splatters all over the screen in unsatisfying genetic mutations. Read full review
40
VarietyJustin ChangJan 30, 2012
Mackenzie's second collaboration with Ewan McGregor (following 2003's "Young Adam") tritely tosses together two indifferently conceived characters against a backdrop of global panic that generates no urgency. Read full review
25
New York PostLou LumenickFeb 3, 2012
Would the Mayans have predicted the end of the world in 2012 if they'd known it would inspire not only "The Tree of Life'' and "Melancholia'' but an endless supply of more dreary depictions of end-times like this one? Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedJan 31, 2012
And there is Ewan McGregor, who makes entirely too many movies and only occasionally makes an effort to speak the kind of English anyone can understand. Read full review
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