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Using the online world as a microcosm for our own reality is an interesting theme, but it would have helped if they had extended it beyond Rowena and Hill engaging in online foreplay under the pseudonyms “rocketgirl” and “ADEX.” To make matters worse, the characters are only affected by these secrets and inner demons for the mere four minutes needed to conclude the far-fetched storyline, but they are non-existent for the other hour and a half when it grows tiresome to try in vain to give the film credibility.Īdmittedly, the psychological thriller genre is difficult to perfect, and they often fall into two categories: Sometimes they start off with a flash and nail the first half, only to be undone by an absurd end other attempts begin pitifully bad but are made respectable by a flourishing finale that is both subtle and smart. These extremely agonizing sequences appear to be in support of fleshing out the whole notion that we are all really strangers to each other and that everybody keeps secrets. The rest of the film sputters along and is suffocated by blaring inconsistencies, plot holes, totally implausible characters and one too many instant messaging scenes. Enjoy this moment when you get there because it’s the only logical occurrence you will find there is simply no denying Halle Berry’s beauty, even in an awful role, and it’s absolutely believable that Hill falls for her. He also scores her a job at Hill’s advertising firm so that she can strike up a personal relationship with him and keep a closer eye on the prime suspect.
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Luckily for Rowena, Grace and Hill were primarily a cyberspace fling, and she has her very own techno-wizard Miles (Giovanni Ribisi) to follow their online trail.
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The absolute total shocker comes when Grace is found floating in the river a week later, which only leads to one conclusion: Harrison Hill killed her to keep her quiet! Evidently, Hill has lost interest in Grace and she now seeks revenge by threatening to go public with his adulterous ways.
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Conveniently, with impeccable timing and literally out of thin air, Ro’s childhood friend Grace (Nicki Aycox) arrives with the juicy news that she is one of Hill’s other women. That man is Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), a highly successful ad executive who although married, enjoys the company of other women (read: not a clichéd character in any way). The film opens with Rowena coming dangerously close to outing a Senator and his homosexual tendencies, only to have her story pulled by what she dramatically suspects is, “powerful men protecting powerful men.” It therefore goes without saying that her next target is, you guessed it - another “powerful man”. In the end, it’s much more fulfilling to simply let out a hearty laugh rather than gawking open-mouthed at the screen and asking yourself, “why did I just watch that?” Perfect Stranger follows Rowena (Halle Berry), an ambitious investigative journalist working for a big time New York newspaper. By the time the film starts to unravel itself, it’s far more entertaining to ridicule the ridiculous twists and turns of the plot than to actually care about who did it and why. Looking back on this horrible mess of a movie a day after watching it, I can only seem to recall how unintentionally funny it was. If Perfect Stranger is anything (it certainly is NOT a stylish psychological thriller) it is proof that within the realm of film, laughter does not always indicate entertainment. Laughter is defined as an expression of merriment and amusement, and as such is usually a telltale sign of entertainment.