Perfect Stranger

2007 "How Far Would You Go To Keep A Secret?"
5.7| 1h49m| R| en| More Info
Released: 19 April 2007 Released
Producted By: Columbia Pictures
Country: United States of America
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A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her best friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.

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Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.
Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
FilmBuff1994 Perfect Stranger is a disastrous movie with a dreadful storyline and a promising cast that literally didn't do anything to make this any better. It's certainly not a predictable movie, every twist and turn that comes along is unexpected, but they are never pleasing and won't be putting audiences at the edge of their seats. I like Halle Berry and Bruce Willis as actors, but they are both awful in this movie, these roles do not suit them whatsoever, Berry tries to play an undercover journalist with little effect, and Willis's performance as a creepy businessman is wrong and I was genuinely upset watching him portray a character who had some of the worse dialogue I've ever heard. The ending is definitely the weakest moment, it leaves a ton of questions left unanswered, and a ginormous cliffhanger, but thankfully, it's not interesting enough to make you wonder what happened. Poorly written and cringe worthy performances, there is nothing about Perfect Stranger that would make me recommend it to anyone. A journalist goes undercover to investigate the advertising mogul who she believes is a murderer. Best Performance: Giovanni Ribisi
voxradu This movie is in some way one of my guilty pleasures because I always feel good when I'm watching it. The movie brings something new to the thriller genre. It's that feeling you get that makes you want more of it and to be honest I can't understand why the other reviews for this movie are so bad. The plot was great but the twist at the end was a little to much for me too; but not to the point at which I will give the movie a 1/2 out of 10. Leaving all that a side let's talk a little bit about the plot of this movie, no spoilers ahead, so don't worry. Rowena is a girl who works for a local newspaper and she has the job of bringing the secrets of the famous people to light. One day, she is given the task to prove that a very wealthy man (Harrison) is having numerous affairs with different women, one of those being her friend Grace who wants to bring the case of Harrison to light with the help of her friend. Soon, we discover many hidden secrets that lie behind every person that takes part in the story, that being one of the best parts of "Perfect Stranger". Go watch this movie in the near future and I can say that you won't be disappointed. You will probably be disappointed by the ending but the rest is pretty much great. 8/10
blanche-2 Halle Berry stars with Bruce Willis and Giovanni Ribisi in "Perfect Stranger," a 2007 film directed by James Foley.Berry plays Rowena Price, a writer who goes by the name of David Shane and finds salacious stories for her newspaper. When a particularly hot story is quashed by her boss, she quits. On her way home, she runs into a childhood friend, Grace (Nicki Aycox), whom she's not too happy to see. Grace gives her a bunch of emails from Harrison Hill, a famous, powerful ad executive, married to money. Grace has been in a chat room with him; they finally met and had a hot time together. Grace takes the emails but seems annoyed by the whole encounter.When Grace winds up dead, Rowena gets a temp job in Hill's office and, with the help of a friend from her old job, Miles (Ribisi), she starts investigating Hill, whom she believes killed Grace.Other than the fact that Berry is a knockout, one would walk away from this film asking how she won an Oscar and who wrote and directed this thing. The script is all over the place (for good reason - it turns out there were three different endings) and it's badly directed. For some reason, it also has a cheap feel to it.Kathleen Chalfont plays Grace's mother - she's a well respected, brilliant stage actress who has about one minute of screen time, and it was fun to see Patti D'Arbanville again as someone who works for Hill.Bruce Willis and Berry exhibited no real chemistry. Willis in this film is 52; Berry is around 41 but could pass for early thirties. She seems a little young for him.We really don't get to know much about these characters -- we pick up pieces of Rowena's past, but we don't learn enough about anyone else to make us care. Actually we don't really care all that much about Rowena except to see her next outfit.Disappointing. Given the talent involved, this should have been better.
BatBanks Smith Perfect Stranger is about a investigative reporter (Halle Berry) investigations her childhood friend murder and suspect an ad executive (Bruce Willis) who she met online and was having affair with the murderer. With the help of her computer friend (Giovani Ribisi), she developing false identities as both an ad temp and an online flirt, allowing her to completely surround her prey. Is he really the killer? Perfect Stranger was a great thriller, this was Halle Berry best performance. This movie should been a novel, it has twist and turn and has surprise ending. If you enjoy this movie I recommended you to watch Fracture (2007) with Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling a another thriller mystery with twist and turn and surprise ending.