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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinIt has been sexed up, opened out, and finished off with a disappointing bang-bang climax, but it's still good fun.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanI've seen far worse thrillers than A Perfect Murder, but the movie is ultimately more competent than pleasurable.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyBy the head-scratching dénouement, the "perfect" in the title seems particularly misplaced. How about Dial M for Muddle.
- 60TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineIf the roller-coaster plot twists lose you, there's always the satisfaction of Douglas's take on a script rife with amusing double entendres.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThere's nothing about this thriller to prevent it from soon becoming enmeshed in the memory with others in which Michael Douglas wears a starched collar and grits his teeth.
- 50VarietyVarietyThe dilemma in this Perfect Murder is its singular failure at creating a rooting interest for a character or situation.
- 50Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanThe unsatisfying thriller A Perfect Murder is a triumph of style over substance, with style in this case winning only by default.
- 40Film ThreatFilm ThreatThis film once again proves that Hollywood has apparently run out of original ideas and is forced to remake another classic film and, like most Hollywood remakes -- big surprise -- it SUCKS.
- 25San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco ExaminerI HATE to whine, but if Michael Douglas is half as tired of playing yuppie scum as I am of watching him do it, then he must be napping on a regular basis by now.
- 20NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenAll the surprises strenuously cooked up by screenwriter Patrick Smith Kelly and director Andrew ("The Fugitive") Davis can't overcome the movie's inability to make us care about any of its paper-thin characters.