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Perfect Strangers

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During a dinner party, seven friends decide to play a dangerous game. The attendees place their cellphones on the table and agree to make all texts and calls public in an attempt to prove that they have nothing to hide.

Critics Reviews

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Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald 02/03/2017
2/5
[A] histrionic and slightly shambolic comedy of manners and morals. Go to Full Review
Stephen Romei The Australian 01/27/2017
3.5/5
The acting is first-rate, as is the script. The melodramatic music is less so. Go to Full Review
Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald 01/20/2017
3.5/5
It might have been nastier in the hands of a less experienced director but Genovese handles it with delicacy. They might all be liars, but who's going to throw the first stone? Go to Full Review
Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson 07/23/2025
3/5
It symbolically shows materialistic beauty undone by the blunt intrusion of technology. Go to Full Review
William Venegas La Nación (Costa Rica) 08/08/2018
Perfect Strangers is a fiasco. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Sebastian Zavala Kahn Me gusta el cine 08/22/2017
3/4
A tragicomedy full of truly hilarious moments, a well-acted film that manages to develop an interesting premise very intelligently during at least the first sixty minutes of footage. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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power E @torturecide 2d 以手机为手术刀,剖开了当代亲密关系的哲学病灶。当七位好友将手机置于餐桌中央,他们并非在分享秘密,而是在进行一场存在主义的残酷实验——在"大他者"的凝视下,那个由社交面具编织而成的"自我"开始崩解。 影片精准地呈现了萨特"他人即地狱"的命题:我们并非害怕被看见,而是害怕被看见那个未经表演的自己。每一部手机都是一座私密的"黑匣子",储存着我们在不同关系中分裂出的多重人格。当这些碎片被迫拼贴,所谓的"真实"不过是另一种更精致的谎言。 导演以月食为隐喻:当遮蔽发生,黑暗中的面孔反而获得片刻真诚。但哲学追问在于——那个脱离社会角色的"本真自我"真的存在吗?抑或我们本就是关系的总和,是无数屏幕光影折射出的幻影? 电影不提供救赎,只呈现深渊。它迫使观众自问:当手机亮起,你敢让身边人看见那个发光的黑匣子里,究竟住着谁吗? See more Jacopo D @Mini01itb Aug 27 La trama è basata su un concetto retorico certo, ma la realizzazione è perfetta grazie ad una bellissima regia e a delle ottime interpretazioni degli attori. See more Pip S @RT85468875 01/23/2025 Beautiful concept, beautiful execution, worth it. See more Vladan A @RT81223872 01/08/2024 The movie is quite enjoyable to watch but I didn't really like the ending. See more 08/23/2021 Delightful, fast fresh and smart See more 04/24/2021 This comedy drama starts with the intriguing premise of seven upper middle class friends at a dinner who decide to put every phone call on speakers, and read out loud all the messages and emails they get during the evening... "How many couples would break up if they examined their partners' phones?" asks one of the heroines of this unusual evening, the same one who, after an unexpected discovery, would spit in her friend's face. The true face of some of the friends gets exposed during the twist in the last 10 minutes, which added to a good impression. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis During a dinner party, seven friends decide to play a dangerous game. The attendees place their cellphones on the table and agree to make all texts and calls public in an attempt to prove that they have nothing to hide.
Director
Paolo Genovese
Producer
Marco Belardi
Screenwriter
Paolo Costella, Filippo Bologna, Paola Mammini, Rolando Ravello, Paolo Genovese
Production Co
Leone Film, Lotus Production, Medusa Film
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Italian
Runtime
1h 37m