Perfect (2018 film)

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Perfect
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byEddie Alcazar
Written byTed Kupper
Produced by
  • Eddie Alcazar
  • Javier Lovato
Starring
CinematographyMatthias Koenigswieser
Edited byGardner Gould
Music by Flying Lotus
Production
company
Release dates
  • March 11, 2018 (2018-03-11)(SWSW)
  • May 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)(United States)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Perfect is a 2018 American science fiction thriller film directed by Eddie Alcazar in his feature length debut and starring Garrett Wareing, Courtney Eaton, Tao Okamoto, Maurice Compte, and Abbie Cornish. [1] The film had its premiere at South by Southwest on March 11, 2018. [2] It was released in the United States on May 17, 2019. [3]

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Plot

A young man finds the corpse of his murdered girlfriend lying in the bed next to him. Having received a call from him, his mother takes him to a genetic-engineering clinic, where the patients transform their bodies and minds.

Cast

Production

The film's working title was Puberty. [4] The project was unveiled by Brainfeeder Films at the 2016 American Film Market. [5] Part of the filming took place at the Sheats–Goldstein Residence in California. [6] Flying Lotus wrote the score for the film. [7]

Release

The film had its premiere at South by Southwest on March 11, 2018. [2] SingularDTV subsequently acquired the worldwide rights to the film. [8] It was released theatrically in the United States on May 17, 2019. [3] It was released through video on demand on Breaker on June 21, 2019. [9] In Scandinavia, the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Nonstop Entertainment in January 2020. [10]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 21% based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 3.6/10. [11] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 36 out of 100, based on reviews from 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". [12]

Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, writing, "Eddie Alcazar's movie is ambitious enough, but it's the work of a would-be visionary without any clear vision." [13] John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "While some will embrace the shards as a Shane Carruth-like brain-teaser, the movie is ultimately too reflective of its genetically-engineered subjects — soulless under an entrancing veneer." [14] Amy Nicholson of Variety commented that Eddie Alcazar and Flying Lotus are "fixated on body horror, vanity, breaking good-taste boundaries, and blurring the lines between feature film, music video, and art installation." [15] Chuck Bowen of Slant Magazine gave the film 1 out of 4 stars, writing, "Eddie Alcazar's Perfect is the sort of purposefully inscrutable, wandering, disconnected, symbolic, and highly precious mood bath that you'll either adore or loathe." [16] Jeff Ewing of Forbes called it "surreal and complex, with the natural beauty of the surroundings alternating with body horror and psychedelic interludes." [17]

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