Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

An interesting film about a young man with an incredible sense of smell, this movie is based on the book by the same name. I have been interested in this movie since I saw a preview for it and thought it looked like it would be a good movie to see, a little bit scary, but it looked like an interesting story line. It started out quite good, but it got a bit strange toward the end. It involved a massive orgy and some disturbing nudity.

It is a story about a young boy really whose sense of smell leads him to try and create the most perfect perfume ever. Unfortunately in order for him to do that, he kills women to take their sent. In a way it felt a little Jack the Ripperish, a man killing women several ages ago. There was not a lot of dialog in this film, it was narrated in some parts and there was some speaking, but in the end it was more of what you saw that created the story line.

I liked it for the most part, there was un-necessary nudity in the film and in my opinion lost some of the potential it had in the beginning. I have heard that this was the type of book that would not do well as a movie, but I have not read the book so I do not know if this is so.

I recommend this movie to someone isn't easily offended or disturbed by some images and has 2 1/2 hours to waste as the movie goes by slowly. If you're want to see something different than take the time to watch a film about a boy with a nose.

I give it 3 Ice Cream Scoops out of 5
Rated R for aberrant behavior involving nudity, violence, sexuality, and disturbing images