Perfect Stranger (2007)

A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her childhood friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.

Director:

James Foley

Writers:

Todd Komarnicki (screenplay), Jon Bokenkamp (story)

Stars:

Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Halle Berry	...	Rowena Price
Bruce Willis	...	Harrison Hill
Giovanni Ribisi	...	Miles Haley
Richard Portnow	...	Narron
Gary Dourdan	...	Cameron
Florencia Lozano	...	Lieutenant Tejada
Nicki Aycox	...	Grace
Kathleen Chalfant	...	Elizabeth Clayton
Gordon MacDonald	...	Senator Sachs
Daniella Van Graas	...	Josie
Paula Miranda	...	Mia Hill
Patti D'Arbanville	...	Esmeralda
Clea Lewis	...	Gina
Tamara Feldman	...	Bethany
Gerry Becker	...	Jon Kirshenbaum

Storyline

Rowena Price is a muckraking reporter for a New York paper. When her story about a closeted gay Senator who preaches family values is spiked, she quits and soon finds herself investigating the grisly murder of a childhood friend. Her friend had been dumped by ad exec Harrison Hill, so he's Rowena's prime suspect. Rowena gets a job at the ad agency as a temp, and she's soon the object of Hill's attentions. She's helped in her subterfuge by Miles Haley, a friend at the paper who has a secret thing for her. Everyone, it seems, has secrets, including Hill, who must keep his affairs from his wife - her money fuels his lifestyle. Murder will out?

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Plot Keywords:

friend | childhood friend | reporter | gay | murder | 

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Taglines:

How Far Would You Go To Keep A Secret?

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, nudity, some disturbing violent images and language

Details

Official Sites:

Gaumont Columbia Tristar [fr] Official site [au]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 April 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Seduciendo a un extraño

Filming Locations:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$60,795,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£277,047 (UK) (13 April 2007)

Gross:

$23,705,592 (USA) (18 May 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The filmmakers filmed three different endings to the film, each with a different character as the killer.

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Goofs

After Ro and Hill leave the restaurant, when Hill is going to confront Ro with the text message he read on her phone, the car they get into have twin-spoke rims with 7 spokes. The car that stops under the bridge have rims with 10 thin spokes.

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Quotes

Security Guard #1: [first lines - handing her an ID badge] Here ya go, miss.
Ro: Thank you.
Security Guard #2: Step through please. Open your laptop, please. I guess people take their computers with them everywhere now-a-days.
Ro: Security blanket...
Security Guard #2: Lucky blanket.

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Connections

References All the President's Men (1976)

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Soundtracks

"A Transa"
Written by Antonio Pinto and Ed Côrtes
Performed by Antonio Pinto, Ed Côrtes & Band
Courtesy of O2 Filmes Curtos Ltda. and Hank Levine Film GmbH
Under license from Milan Entertainment, Inc.

User Reviews

Weak and disappointing

What in the world has happened to Halle Berry? Can't she act any more? Judging from this movie I'd say: Yes - she can't... And Bruce Willis is ... well, he's Bruce Willis. And why does she have to participate in a mediocre thriller like this one? Because it is very mediocre. The beginning is quite promising, and I was ready for a nice, clean thriller. But what followed was like a bad version of some Michael Crichton novel. Oh, and the filmmakers filmed three different endings to the film, each with a different character as the killer? Then they must have chosen the worst ending. The film is not creative, not inventive, implausible, sometimes ridiculous. No, it's not a disaster. But a major disappointment.