Perfect
Directed by Eddie Alcazar
Produced and scored by Flying Lotus and executive-produced by Steven Soderbergh, PERFECT introduces Garrett Wareing as an emotionally-troubled young man. His mother sends him to a clinic, where modernist serenity whispers soothing promises of perfection. By planting plugand-play characteristics directly into his own body, he is relieved of his dark, twisted visions, but his body pays the price for purity of mind.
A young man with a violent past enters a mysterious clinic where the patients wildly transform their bodies and minds using genetic engineering.
Cast: Garrett Wareing, Abbie Cornish, Courtney Eaton, Tao Okamoto
Member Reviews
Well, it’s very pretty…
This film is…well quite the ride. If you’re not into deeply metaphorical filmmaking and direction, as well as some very harsh visuals at times, you may want to pass this up. If you’re a fan of psychedelic body-horror and questions about human nature, then perhaps this will be up your alley. The acting is convincing, in that you believe many of these people are totally detached from what is going on around them, save perhaps for our main character (except for moments where the psychedelic horror trips go into full swing) who serves as a great stand-in for humanity itself. He is kind and gentle, but capable of horrible acts too. He’s capable of love, but that love has a twisted, sadistic underbelly that most people would rather act like doesn’t exist. Some see this as a reminder that for you and I, perfection is not something that is truly real, but an ideal to push towards forever. Others may instead think that we are inextricably flawed and in need of treatment.
This is the movie equivalent of when someone takes a bunch of drugs, starts babbling about bullshit, and thinks they are really deep and interesting. An extremely shallow glance at something minimally profound, presented like it is a unique intellectual thesis. The music is highly unsettling and there are a few compelling visual images, but this is the first movie on Shudder where I kept checking how much time was left and hoping it would end sooner. Subtitles are necessary to have a chance at understanding the dialogue and narration, but do nothing to develop the plot or offer anything of substance.
Amazing, needs a rewatch.
5 minutes in and I couldn’t stand it anymore. Pompous, arrogant crap