Distributor:
Fox Home Entertainment Region: 4
Certificate: M15+
Cast:Sam Neill, Rachael Blake Extras: No
Sam Neill comes over all dark and sinister in this new
rental release from Fox; Rachael
Blake plays Melanie, a
distinctly unglamorous worker in
a New Zealand fish and chip shop
who spends every Friday night
trying to meet her perfect man
in the local pub, enter Sam
Neill as The Man (he actually
remains nameless throughout the
movie), before you know it
Melanie is extremely drunk and
Sam the Man has whisked her away
on his boat to a very remote
island and despite Neill
professing his undying love for
her Melanie realises she has in
fact been kidnapped.
Full of absolutely stunning cinematography and the New Zealand island location
looking just beautiful Perfect Strangers is a difficult movie to get a
handle on, on the one hand it’s a psychological thriller on the other
it’s a fairy tale style fable. Superbly acted by both the leads
Perfect Strangers has much to say about , modern day society and much to
say about the meaning of love, truth and relationships – it’s also
jam packed with more twists and turns than an English country lane.
There is layers of meaning and messages to impart in
Perfect Strangers and not just the obvious one of not being so drunk
that you don’t know what you are doing but also the aforementioned
relationship angle and how much we actually know ourselves, a good movie
to watch with someone as it is guaranteed to get you thinking.
