The odd conclusion renders it somewhat oblique, but Perfume is a feast for the senses.
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
Long regarded as unfilmable, Patrick Suskind's 1985 novel "Perfume" has finally reached the screen in a blockbuster production that succeeds reasonably well in achieving what many said was beyond the scope of cinema: conveying the world of scent and smell.
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VarietyDerek Elley
VarietyDerek Elley
The seductive, sensory prose of Patrick Suskind's bestseller, "Perfume," reaches the screen with loads of visual panache but only intermittent magic.
Perfume is ultimately an unmistakable failure, but there's a strange majesty to its epic overreaching. It can be faulted for many things, but not for lacking the courage of its convictions.
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Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Weaves a sensual spell of extraordinary delicacy, then sustains it -- up to a point.