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Perfect Stranger
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Directed by James Foley.
A hard-nosed star reporter learns who her real friends are -- and gets in way over her head -- investigating a murder in this twisty thriller. Perfect Stranger stars Halle Berry as Rowena, a prominent New York journalist who writes using a pseudonym to entrap some of the tri-state area's most corrupt individuals, using a network of informants, acquaintances, and digital gadgets. When her latest exposé is buried at the behest of her paper's corporate backers, she walks off the job and into a personal quagmire. Her childhood friend Grace (Nicki Aycox) is murdered when she threatens to reveal she's been sleeping with married advertising mogul Harrison Hill (Bruce Wills). With the help of her loyal techie friend Miles (Giovanni Ribisi), she goes undercover -- and online -- to find the smoking gun that will indict Hill. But Rowena soon finds herself caught in a web of manipulation, deceit, and false truths. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
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wenweimarwenweimar Pleasant Surprise
by wenweimar in Wendy's Blog
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"I love it when I expect a movie to suck, and then it doesn't. Such was the case with Perfect Stranger. I'm not saying that this is a good movie, I just enjoyed watching it. Halle Berry has never impressed me with her acting "chops", and when she mangled the role of Storm in the X-Man series, I vowed never to watch one of her movies again. However, the combination of smoothe directing, understated dialogue, and an appropriately ambiguous character, Berry's corpse-like demeanor didn't ruin Perfect Stranger. Bruce Willis also played it cool while Giovanni Ribisi handled the heavy lifting with his usual finesse (I love that guy.) Director James Foley lulls the viewer into the pleasant world of the wealthy, beautiful, and creepy, providing pretty pictures such as swanky Manhattan bars, super slick office buildings, and roomy dream apartments. I'm sorry, but I sometimes like watching gorgeous people in gorgeous spaces doing naughty things. The plot did its little twis ... " [More]
daryndaryn Great ending
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"Its been a long time since I have seen a blockbuster action flick end with a strong punch. Perfect Stranger is not a punch like The Departed but you are in for a surprise. It was a well done entertaining film in my eyes. Some may say I am bias but who doenst love all three Die Hards and cant wait for Die Hard 4. And what about Swordfish? Put those together and you have a nice murlder love story with Bruce and Halle. " [More]
 



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