Mjeteconer Just perfect...

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

christianreynolds-86078 This anime concerns a pop star who wishes to be an actor, but she also becomes a victim of stalking which leads to some serious consequences. The thin line between reality and hallucination are crossed and soon we are question what is real and what isn't. The material is strictly for adults and the artwork, as expected from the multimillion dollar anime business is stupendous. If you wish to get into anime watch this film.

CinemaClown Blurring the lines between fantasy & reality, Satoshi Kon's feature film debut is a cleverly structured, expertly layered & rivetingly told psychological horror that's original, thrilling & suspenseful from start to finish and by intentionally playing with the viewers' perception, keeps them on the edge throughout its runtime.Set in contemporary Japan, Perfect Blue (also known as Pâfekuto burû) concerns a pop singer who retires from music to pursue an acting career. As she climbs the ladder of her new profession by making numerous sacrifices & compromises, she finds herself becoming more unstable and starts losing her sense of reality after being stalked by an obsessed fan.Directed by Satoshi Kon in what's his directorial debut, Perfect Blue is a terrific start to his filmmaking career. Crafted with a precision eye, the film scores high marks in both substance & style and is narrated with a razor sharp intensity that keeps its mystery alive & drama compelling at all times. It's often bewildering but everything falls in place once the final veil is lifted.Covering the themes of identity, perception, voyeurism & celeb fandom, the film was ahead of its time, for it resonates more strongly with today's internet culture & celeb obsession. The twists n turns are aplenty, the animation is slightly crude but it works in favour of the story. Characters are well-defined & aptly voiced while its escalating score further ratchets up its eeriness & sense of foreboding.On an overall scale, Perfect Blue is a masterly directed, skilfully scripted & finely animated example of its genre that commences Satoshi Kon's filmmaking journey on an extremely positive note. One of the best films of its year, one of the finest works of anime in existence, and a cerebral cinematic experience that grabs your attention from its opening moments & doesn't let go until the very end, Perfect Blue comes strongly recommended.

MartinHafer "Perfect Blue" is a very, very dark anime...so don't let your kids watch it thinking it's like "Pokemon" or "Inuyasha"! It's also a confusing mind-bending sort of film...one that certainly is unique.When the anime begins, Mima is in an up and coming pre-packaged Japanese girl bands. However, her agent convinces her to leave this life and pursue a career in films. But this way to success is very dark and soul-crushing and soon they have her in a film featuring a rape, lots of violence and nudity. All the while, Mima struggles with herself. She hates what she's doing but in the world of female pop stars and starlets, she feels a sense of obligation and won't publicly question the folks looking after her career. Now at this point, the film gets weird...really, really weird. Mima seems to be losing her mind and some murders occur...and soon the viewer is confused and they might be seeing the world through the eyes of a lunatic...or a killer! What's it all mean? See the film and TRY to unravel it all...but don't be surprised if you still are questioning what it all means.This is a very clever film and its plot is deep and very strange...and I liked that. But be forewarned...the film shows some very sexually explicit and violent scenes...even by Japanese standards (the film features pubic hair...something very taboo in Japanese culture). Well done and worth seeing...but just don't let the kids see it or anyone who have been sexually abused as a few of the scenes just might be too intense.

billgo234 Anime is often seen in a stereotype that I find a bit unpleasant.Usually, anime is seen as something as not to be taken seriously or at least not too seriously. Most content is full of unnecessary sex and violence. One could argue that sex and violence is not necessary anyways. Well, the whole thing about sex and violence can be used as a benefit to telling a visually compelling story. Now I'm not the type of person to care if nudity is involved or not in a movie. I really could hardly care because if I wanted porn, I have the internet for that. The thing to take away from anime is usually robots fighting or having five large breasted woman going after some poor young man that we as men dream about being in the situation. But it's a problem. It's because of these tropes that now we don't give knowledge to a wider audience that can accept necessary sex and violence to a story that makes sense and is well done. Especially taking that concept, and placing it into the visually exciting realm of animation. That point goes to this film, 'Perfect Blue.' 'Perfect Blue' is about a pop singer named 'Mima Kirigoe,' who decides to leave to world of being a pop singer to become a acclaimed actress. This leads to a series of bizarre and creepy fan notes, a stalker making a website with eerily creepy posts, and murder. All with the addition of psychological thriller of our female lead questioning if the real her was her 'Pop Singer' self.Let this be the first thing I say about it, this film was brilliant for it's amazing atmosphere and directing. Usually with animated films, they were not often directed very cinematically, adult or children films. Usually with older Disney films they would have this constant use of long shots and medium shots. There weren't that many that focused on their lighting and cinematography. I think it really started to change when you saw 'Anastasia' for the first time how much of a movie it felt. It felt compelling with it's characters feeling less like cartoon mascots and more like real actors. It's impressive. One could argue that if you want an animated film to be more like a live action film, why not film it like that then? That was the big complaint from a lot of critics that saw 'Perfect Blue.' The purpose of animation, that people see as, is this stereotype that because it's animated, it has to be crazy, wild, bodies have to stretch, or at the very least, there has to be some form of fantasy or science fiction. But with this film, there's nothing like that in it. Other than Mima's ghostly figure she creates in her mind, there isn't a lot of visual elements that would almost force into the direction of having it be animated. So the question being, why not just film it instead? Why did it have to be animated? My answer, "Why not?" I mean, there is so much of untapped potential in this world of animation it's baffling. This movie reflects that great atmosphere I've found in most Hitchcock thrillers, but it just happens to be a cartoon. I mean, yes, it's Japanese animation so it looks a bit cheaply done. The big critique I have of this movie is when you finally meet the stalker in the film, the English dub voice actor, I think was a bad choice. His voice almost seemed comical looking back at it. Which sucks because otherwise I was totally compelled into the film, and even after he's gone from the film, you do get immediately sucked back into it. It was just the only thing to put me out of the film, other wise, the writing was interesting and the editing was pitch perfect. But the real show stealer that really makes the film, is that cinematography. The uses of lighting and shading as if you were directing a live action drama, being applied to a animated film. It's astounding to look at visually.Overall, it's amazing to see how much seriousness and suspenseful tones were added to a film of animation. My hope is to see more films like it in the future. Again, the stalker's voice chosen in the English dub kind of put me out of the tone, but otherwise, it's damn near perfect. What's best is, again, after the stalker's gone, it puts you back into it. That's great considering there's so many movies out there who have a third act curse where after the third act hits suddenly it ruins the rest of the film, but in this case, after he's gone, it picks you back up and into the feature, so I got to give it props for that. The ending was complete, and it felt overall a satisfying film. It's an animated treat that is best not to be shown to children. It's an adult feature. A mature one. One that I feel should be the one used as a frontier to having cartoonists see that they don't have to be comical to tell a story in art. That what really matters is a good story with strong visualization that can hold audiences attention, without it be obnoxious. If anything, this film, highly underrated.