Rent A Perfect Murder (1998)
3.3 of 5 from 86 ratings
1h 43min
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- Synopsis:
- Wall Street titan Steven Taylor seems like a devoted husband. He isn't. Beautiful Emily Bradford Taylor seems like a faithful wife. She isn't. And when Steven hires Emily's lover to kill her, it seems like A Perfect Murder. It isn't. In fact, little is what it seems in this sleek thriller.
- Actors:
- Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet, Sarita Choudhury, Michael P. Moran, Novella Nelson, Constance Towers, Will Lyman, Maeve McGuire, Stephen Singer, Laurinda Barrett, Aideen O'Kelly, Reed Birney, Robert Vincent Smith, Bill Ambrozy, George Blumenthal, Iris Braydon, Marion Blumenthal, Andrew Sussman
- Directors:
- Andrew Davis
- Writers:
- Frederick Knott, Patrick Smith Kelly
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
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Reviews (1) of A Perfect Murder
A well-constructed thriller that will keep you guessing from start to finish - A Perfect Murder review by Philip in Paradiso
This is a classically made thriller, a very good remake of the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock movie. A very wealthy Wall Street financier (Michael Douglas, powerful and threatening) suspects his wife (Gwyneth Paltrow, beautiful and rich as well as vulnerable) of having an affair with an artist. With something like inexorable logic, the story moves forward, still succeeding in surprising you, the viewer.
The acting is very good and there is real tension throughout. The lead characters as well as the secondary ones are all plausible, which surprised me since, usually, in such stories, suspension of disbelief is a pre-requirement. Not here. You buy into the storyline and you understand the characters' motivations. For all these reasons, I recommend this entertaining and gripping film.
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