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A troubled musical prodigy and a new star pupil embark down a sinister path.

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Led by a pair of compelling performances, The Perfection is a smart, gripping thriller that barbs its wild twists with cutting wit.

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The Perfection | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Dennis Harvey Variety Entertaining in a way that's at once showy and rather clinical. Jan 1, 2020 Full Review The Perfection | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Christy Lemire FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) This movie is insane and I totally dug it. I almost don't want to talk about it... Just go see it and trust me on this. Sep 30, 2019 Full Review The Perfection | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Aramide Tinubu Stylecaster Unfortunately, despite the acting and the twisting and bending of genres from horror to revenge fantasy-The Perfection begins to crumble during the third part... using sexual violence as a crutch ruined it. Jun 4, 2019 Full Review The Perfection | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Aaron Charles InSession Film Maybe there's something here about the insanity of genius, but the film doesn't want to reach for anything that insightful. All it wants is to provide a few scares and let its flashy camerawork attempt to prop up a subpar story. Unfortunately, it can't. Rated: F May 10, 2024 Full Review The Perfection | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Taylor Baker Drink in the Movies Episode 38: Brightburn / The Perfection / Rocketman Rated: 36/100 Oct 4, 2021 Full Review The Perfection | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Ben Turner The Pink Lens Allison Williams makes for a strong lead, but with weak support, a flimsy story and messy timeline, there's not much going for this straight-to-Netflix release. Rated: 2/5 Sep 1, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jim S Tense and mysterious atmosphere, and top notch acting make a promising start , and the first twists are legitimately surprising. But the story as a whole is a mess, and the characters actions and reactions don’t stand up to logical scrutiny once all is revealed. The movie relies too much on displaying body horror, but at the same time brushed off too easily by the script. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/30/24 Full Review Audience Member Esse filme tem um roteiro base muito bom. Quando você vê a sinopse, e assiste os primeiros 10 minutos, imagina que a abordagem da história será feito de um modo “Cisne Negro”. Porém, acontece de uma forma totalmente diferente. A pegada suspense e terror meio “trash” realmente te surpreende. Minha ressalva é porque algumas cenas parecem estar “descoladas” uma das outras. Faltou ali uma colinha pra unir e casar melhor. No geral, bom roteiro e boa apresentação das atrizes principais. Não é um primor, mas é ok. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/15/24 Full Review Jeffrey P Multi-layered revenge horror with gratuitous gore that maybe overdoes the man-hate. Succeeds in gaining interest where there was doubt. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/27/24 Full Review j F Surprisingly it has strange twists and turns that looking back, don't make much sense. But entertaining and relevant it is. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/26/24 Full Review Audience Member Worst horror movie I’ve ever watched. The plot was all over the place and hardly stuck to one idea. Felt like f*tish and gore content rather than an actual horror movie. Too many constant fillers like the random rewinding. Could’ve been a short film as an opposed to a movie; not enough stable ideas. Overall awful and just silly. Waste of time. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/20/24 Full Review Jason Z God awful movie cannot recommend at all. only watch at the risk of brain damage. Terrible plot, only good thing is you can't see it's where it's going because you just can't believe its so bad. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/08/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis A troubled musical prodigy and a new star pupil embark down a sinister path.

Director
Richard Shepard

Producer
Bill Block, Stacey Reiss, Richard Shepard

Screenwriter
Richard Shepard, Eric Charmelo, Nicole Snyder

Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language
English

Release Date (Streaming)
May 24, 2019

Runtime
1h 30m
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