Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2007)

the audience applauded

good back-story, and good acting

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

I watched this movie 5 years ago,I am must write a review on this because I still remember the story and character of this movie.A must watch movie for those who loves crime thriller genre.

Never read the book, never heard of the movie, then bam!! Here it is.. From the first minute of the movie, I was stuck! Instantly, the story gripped me.. I had no idea where it was going to go and it was a roller coaster ride of the closest we could get to smelling with our eyes.The imagery was beautiful and the environments were masterfully done! I've now watched this movie maybe 10 times and its interesting each and every time! Its not on my list of all time favorite movies to watch!

This movie, surely, isn't for everyone, but if you like it you will probably find a gem in this movie.It tells us the story of Jean Baptiste Grenouille, a boy who is born with an overdeveloped sense of smell and he wants to find the way to make all this different scents he smells to remain. The story is so great, told in an awesome way, and for me it was very original, something that you don't get to see that much these days. Because it's a story about perfumes, scents and smells, the movie had the difficult task to transmit that to us without having the possibility of the smells in a movie theater or in your house, but the director (Tom Tykwer) was able to recreate this world of smells in a very unique way. Although there were some parts that did not make much sense (why does he suddenly decides to live in the mountains? This is not really well explained) but they don't affect that much to the story development.Ben Wishaw shines here as Grenouille providing a performance with not many lines of dialogue but that transmits a lot with his movements and face gestures. He has that bit of innocence but also you see the madness he ends up with. Also Alan Rickman, who does not appear until the middle of the movie or so, provides a very powerful performance as the main antagonist, Richi the father of Laura, one of the possible future victims of Grenouille. The one I felt was a bit overdone was Dustin Hoffman who wasn't at the height of a perfume maker of Paris.The visuals in this movie were very stunning, with many powerful scenes (like the Final Perfume Scene, when Grenouille meets Laura or many more) that capture this aggressive, dark and gritty world but without needing violence or explosions , like in modern blockbusters, just keeping the tension and taking you to the world of scents in a wonderful way. And for that, the director had the help of himself, Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek to create a magnificent score that almost provides this "smell" that you cannot introduce in a movie with very beautiful and also very creepy melodies.I recommend you to watch this movie and after that you will see if you liked it or not but for me was a wonderful experience and I surely recommend it to everyone.

The most unique part in this story is an extraordinary quality of the protagonist, Jean- Baptiste Grenouille, who sees the world around him (= materialistic reality) through scents. THE WHOLE FILM IS ABOUT HIS REALITY ANYWAY. Having a superior olfactory sense, he is able to distinguish the finest aromas in the world. The "no return" turning point of the movie happens when Jean-Baptiste Grenouille attracted by a fine smell, follows a young girl and inadvertently kills her. The beauty of the smell slowly but steadily disappears from the dead body and the young man is left alone. Jean-Baptiste begins to search for a panacea to save the smell for a long time and found a perfume maker who started teaching the young man the process of the obtaining "the soul of flowers". Following his paranoia to find the ultimate scent (= the soul of beauty), Jean-Baptiste becomes a ruthless serial killer of young girls, but finally made the perfume of his desire. An important lesson learned from the movie – people make their decisions based on their own values.