Perfect Sense

Perfect Sense beautifully intertwines two storylines. One romantic between Ewan McGregor and Eva Green, and the other dramatic about a pandemic spreading through the world and people gradually losing their sense of taste, hearing, and sight. It also contains many "what if" thoughts and shows us that with limitations, humans can still live. The philosophy from this film splashes everywhere and it's not a five-minute thing, where Eva Green or Ewan McGregor don't say something that would give you pause and make you think. A beautiful film, an interesting film... full of questions to which we don't know the answers, but which we will only learn when the time comes. Add to that the beautiful, hypnotic symphony on the piano by the brilliant composer Max Richter, and there's something absolutely amazing that everyone who likes to think about life should see. (2012-02-17)

Steven Soderbergh (Contagion) is much better because he takes a stark, pragmatic, factual approach. David Mackenzie wants to grasp the entire thing in a purely emotional and philosophical way, but he doesn't quite succeed, as we learn almost nothing and he just muses idly to the accompaniment of ethereal music, so the whole thing feels strange. Plus points for the atypical film contribution and a naked Eva Green, otherwise nothing great. (2016-06-27)

Perfect Sense is a more philosophical version of Soderberg’s Contagion, but with more modest production. With the exception of the nicely done ending, however, it is just as cold and detached, which is not the best choice, given the film’s focus on the two central characters (and their relationship). (2012-02-06)

The infection is spreading around the world. Its course is very peculiar. In every person, perhaps at the same moment, a new symptom always appears. Each symptom is associated with one of the human senses. The sense of smell, hearing, and taste are mainly affected. No one really knows how to cope with the disease. There are no medicines, and nobody knows what will happen next. The casting of actors, such as Ewan McGregor and Eva Green, the director did not intend to focus on filming the infection itself, which was the case with the film "Contagion", but rather to create a delicate, sensitive story about two people who are able to connect, love, but also hate against the backdrop of this catastrophe. Is it just how their senses change, or is it inherent in human nature? Can't a person simply get along with others? Does everything have to be complicated for them? Is the infection really just a disease, or is it a metaphor for human relationships, how we enter them with love but also bring in hatred, anger, and resentment? The film is very powerful, very impactful, yet the viewer feels disconnected. It's like watching a work that tries so hard to be artistic and not just a film, to the point where I feel like it's not even a film, but rather a closed box that we can only glimpse into. It reminds me a bit of the style of the film "Stud", but more emotional and yet less personal. A good film, but that's where it ends. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/09/rebelka-perfect-sense-sprosty-holky.html (2013-02-27)

Remember One by Metallica? What if all people ended up like that? A great idea to depict a relationship beginning in a world slowly heading towards collapse where people entertain the false hope that things will get better. Both Ewan McGregor and Eva Green are great, even though they eat soap. The only thing that bothered me is that the movie wasn’t devoted only to those two (documentary shots from around the world), or that they didn’t show several stories taking place in various places around the planet. (2012-01-16)