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A Perfect Murder (1998) 6.4
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6.4/10 from 45,621 users
Metascore: 50/100
Reviews: 173 user | 63 critic | 22 from Metacritic.com A remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Dial M for Murder. Director:Andrew Davis |
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Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory. Brilliant in her own right, she works at the U.N. and is involved with a struggling artist who fulfills her emotional needs. When her husband discovers her indiscretion, he sets out to commit the perfect murder and inherit her considerable trust fund in the bargain. Written by [ dark angel grace ]
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Husband. Wife. Lover. A Dangerous Affair. A Perfect Murder. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for violence, sexuality and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
5 June 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dial M for Murder See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$21,300,000 (Non-US) (16 October 1998)Gross:
£2,254,955 (UK) (6 November 1998)Company Credits
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Steven: There you are. And how was your day? Any progress in saving the world?
Emily: I'm working on it.
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Written by Chris 'Hambone' Cameron and Richard Davis
Performed by Jeff Morrow
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This is the first of two Alfred Hitchcock remakes that Viggo Mortensen is in, the second one being Psycho. See more »Goofs
Emily's hair scrunchie appears in her hair as she is answering the phone and seems to have fallen out during the struggle but reappears and disappears several times throughout the attack. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Steven: There you are. And how was your day? Any progress in saving the world?
Emily: I'm working on it.
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Soundtracks
"Velvet Night"Written by Chris 'Hambone' Cameron and Richard Davis
Performed by Jeff Morrow
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A Perfect Murder is a lot better than I thought it would be, probably because of the smart direction from director Andrew Davis (The Fugitive, Chain Reaction, Under Siege). Given a fairly involved script and an action film, (never mind the dialogue, just cut quickly to the next scene) shooting scheme, Davis has concocted a mainstream thriller that works quite well. A Perfect Murder is based on a middle rated Hitchcock film which was in turn based on a hit Broadway play called Dial M For Murder. Steven Taylor (Michael Douglas, in part revisiting Wall Street's Gordon Gecko) is in financial strife and decides to knock Emily his wife off to grab her money. She's played by the hapless Gwyneth Paltrow. Hubby blackmails his wife's lover (Viggo Mortensen) to do the dirty deed. This film is ferociously mainstream. The music chimes in just so. The bathrobe disappears just so. Michael Douglas plays Michael Douglas to perfection, Paltrow is protected from any line more than fifteen words long, but still A Perfect Murder is never boring. The original Hitchcock version starred Ray Miland and Grace Kelly. There weren't any mobile phones and the wife wasn't screwing the killer. And then there was Grace Kelly rather than Gwyneth Paltrow in that old film. I know who I'd prefer.