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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshLike leading lady Williams, the exterior of The Perfection is flawless, covering up the darkness that lies beneath. The wild ride in store is both supremely disturbing and unpredictable. But rendered with such care, skill and sheer glee — it’s utterly divine.
- The film is more than an accumulation of shocking twists and surprises. It’s a tawdry but perceptive meditation on the ways that victims of abuse build walls to protect themselves from harm — and the great lengths that someone would have to go to knock those walls down.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyEntertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyIt delivers. The Perfection is a pure hit of twisted, absurd camp catnip.
- 73IGNRosie KnightIGNRosie KnightIf you like weird, boundary-pushing, and unexpected movies that divide audiences you'll probably love The Perfection.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckA stylishly made, nail-biting effort that proves consistently engrossing.
- 70The New York TimesJason BaileyThe New York TimesJason BaileyThis is a filmmaker aware of the conventions, who wields them with wit and precision and knows his audience is on the gag as well. In many ways, The Perfection amounts to little more than a bag of tricks. But no one is pretending otherwise. And they’re good tricks.
- 67The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe Perfection takes deep, fetishistic satisfaction in pushing the envelope, then pushing it some more, building in seductive fits and shocking starts to an orgiastic frenzy of cinematic excess. Is it a progressive movie? Not especially, but that’s okay as long as you know what you’re getting into.
- 60The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeThere’s a rare unpredictability that initially proves alluring, at least until that confusion starts to feel less intentional.
- 38The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzMost everyone who watches The Perfection will instead be staring at the screen slack-jawed, dumbfounded at the gory silliness they endured.
- 0The PlaylistLena WilsonThe PlaylistLena WilsonEither this movie was made due to one of the most humongous creative blind spots in all of filmmaking, or it was made because in this, the year 2019, there are still people who believe that eroticized, lightened-up rape scenes are not only permissable – they are empowering.