Perfect Stranger (film)
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| Perfect Stranger | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | James Foley |
| Produced by | Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas Stephanie Langhoff Daniel A. Thomas |
| Written by | Todd Komarnicki (screenplay) Jon Bokenkamp (story) |
| Starring | Halle Berry Bruce Willis Giovanni Ribisi |
| Music by | Antonio Pinto |
| Cinematography | Anastas N. Michos |
| Editing by | Christopher Tellefsen |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Revolution Studios |
| Release date(s) | April 13, 2007 |
| Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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| Allmovie profile | |
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Perfect Stranger is a 2007 drama film starring Halle Berry and Bruce Willis. It is distributed by Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
The film opens with reporter Rowena Price (Halle Berry) and researcher Miles Haley (Giovanni Ribisi) going after a conservative senator who has been having sexual encounters with his male interns. Rowena confronts the senator while recording audio evidence. The story is shut down, however, when the source clammed up shortly after and Rowena's editor put a stop to the story. Disgusted, Rowena quits her job. While walking home, she meets her childhood friend, Grace Clayton (Nicki Aycox), who seeks her help in taking down Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), a wealthy businessman. Grace gives her emails as proof of their extramarital affair, which he recently ended.
A few days later, Grace is found dead, leading Rowena to suspect Harrison. With Miles' help, Rowena goes undercover as a temp at his company. She flirts with Harrison both online and in real life, but he catches her snooping and fires her, believing her to be a corporate spy. At Miles's apartment, Rowena discovers a shrine to herself and explicit pictures of Miles and Grace. He arrives home and they fall out. She goes to the police, with evidence she and Miles uncovered, who arrest Harrison for the murder of Grace.
After Harrison's conviction, Miles visits Rowena, explaining that he knows she is the real killer and has been using this investigation to frame Harrison. He wonders what Grace had on her. Rowena flashes back to a memory of her father attempting to molest her and her mother subsequently killing him. A younger Grace watches from her window as they bury his body. Miles describes in detail how she had plotted the murder and pinned the murder on Harrison Hill. Miles asks how she intends to keep him quiet, implying she might return his feelings at last. However, Rowena stabs him and ransacks the kitchen. She then calls the police, claiming to have been attacked by Miles and that he might have been the real murderer. The film ends with a man looking out of a neighboring window, presumably having witnessed what really happened.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Halle Berry | Rowena Price |
| Bruce Willis | Harrison Hill |
| Giovanni Ribisi | Miles Haley |
| Jason Antoon | Bill Patel |
| Patti D'Arbanville | Esmeralda |
| Jane Bradbury | Toni |
| Jared Burke | Keneth Phelps |
| Gary Dourdan | Cameron |
| Clea Lewis | Gina |
| Tamara Feldman | Bethany |
| Deirdre Lorenz | Veronica |
| Nicki Aycox | Grace Clayton |
| Paula Miranda | Mia Hill |
| Lauren Potter | Client #1 |
[edit] Reception
As of September 5, 2007 on Rotten Tomatoes, 10% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 135 reviews.[1] On Metacritic the film had an average score of 31 out of 100 based on 31 reviews, indicating "generally negative reviews."[2]
[edit] DVD release
Perfect Stranger was released on August 21, 2007 on DVD and Blu-ray.
[edit] Movie Promotion
All the movie clips feature actress Paula Miranda. Beginning on February 7, 2007, NEED2NO413[3], a user on YouTube began uploading mini-movie clips as a drama series. The characters of Grace [1], Josie the personal assistant [2], and Mrs. Hill [3] all have blogs dating back to September or October 2006 with YouTube videos of the respective actresses, in character, speaking the text of the entry with minor changes. This is a relatively new form of viral marketing similar to an alternate reality game, and has convinced at least a few commenters that the blogs are real despite the fact that the movie's official site is linked in the last entries of all three blogs.
[edit] References
- ^ Perfect Stranger - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
- ^ Perfect Stranger (2007): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved 2007-09-05
- ^ YouTube - NEED2NO413's Channel
[edit] External links
- The official site
- Perfect Stranger at the Internet Movie Database
- Perfect Stranger at Rotten Tomatoes
- Perfect Stranger at Metacritic
- Perfect Stranger at Box Office Mojo
- Perfect Stranger at Allmovie
- Perfect Stranger - Interview with Nicki Aycox The Oregon Herald
- HipHopDX.com interviews Halle Berry about the movie
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