Perfect Sense

Perfect Sense is a really unique film. I can't really think of what to compare it to. Maybe a little bit of Children of Men, mixed in with some Contagion topped with a sprinkle of Trainspotting for some added spice. Having thought that though, the film is not as dark as those films are. Its central heart is one of brightness and resilience, the power of humanity to stand up against blight and survive, even if survival means forefitting everything we know and experience.

Ewan McGregor and Eva Green star as two central characters who happen to fall in love just as the world starts to collapse into something like Armageddon. Their onscreen chemistry seems real (which might be due to the fact Ewan would have been very happy shooting the multiple nude scenes with Eva and her assets) and the way they aren't typical American stereotypes but deeper and somewhat existential people co-existing through a very strange time. This coupled with the realistic yet dreary world makes the movie and its theme's feel more genuine. Because of this real feeling and believable characters, when the scenes of collapse are shown and the violence, riots and mayhem flash across your screen it hits a sharp note and sometimes takes your breath away.

The flip-side for me though was the aftermath of those collapses. The way the narrator guides you back into familiar, if new territory, and soothes you as the viewer that everything is ok for your favourite characters was amazing. As the film went on and things got harder and harder for our characters I was almost holding my breath each time something else was lost, waiting for that narrator to come back and tell me "its ok, everything is ok."

I absolutely loved this film. It has some serious balls with some serious actors and an amazing screenplay/story to boot. There is part of the film that is absolutely silent for about 10 minutes, and I found it breathtaking not gimmicky. The communication of the senses and how we rely on them is done to perfection and the filmmaking is top quality. I picked the final scene of the film about three quarters of the way through and normally that absolutely kills a movie for me, but this time I found myself waiting. Waiting, desperately, for it to come because I knew the moment after it hit the screen that that same narrator would come on and tell me "its ok, everything is still ok."

SCORE: 9/10

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