Perfect Murder, A

Perfect Murder, A

1998

It's murder most foul when Michael Douglas (at his cold-blooded best) hires a hit man to drop a dime on his philandering wife (Gwyneth Paltrow). But things get snarky when the murderer turns out to be Paltrow's lover! A nice spin on the moody Hitchcock thriller Dial M for Murder, with cool, aloof Paltrow the quintessential 1990s substitute for Grace Kelly.

A powerful husband. An unfaithful wife. A jealous lover. All of them have a motive. Each of them has a plan.

JBscale
53
Average

Film Detail

Genre
Thriller - Drama
Length
1 hr. 48 mins.
US Theatrical Release
June 5, 1998
US Box Office
$67,629,105 (#1331 of 7258)
Global Office
$128,038,368 (#1343 of 4157)
Rating
R
Restricted
Language, Sexuality, Violence

Collection Detail

Edition
Digital Only
Resolution | Digital Platform
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
WS 1.78:1
Audio
English: DD+ 5.1
Studio
Warner Brothers
Released
July 17, 2012
Acquired Date
October 17, 2015
Times Seen
2 Times
Last Watched
Specific date unknown.

Actors

Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas
Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen
David Suchet
David Suchet
Sarita Choudhury
Sarita Choudhury
Michael P. Moran
Michael P. Moran
Novella Nelson
Novella Nelson
Constance Towers
Constance Towers
Will Lyman
Will Lyman
Maeve McGuire
Maeve McGuire

Directors

Andrew Davis
Andrew Davis

Producers

Anne Kopelson
Anne Kopelson
Arnold Kopelson
Arnold Kopelson
Peter Macgregor-Scott
Peter Macgregor-Scott
Christopher Mankiewicz
Christopher Mankiewicz

Writers

Patrick Smith Kelly
Patrick Smith Kelly

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User Reviews

  • 3.16.2007 by biglummox (7/10)

Ratings

JB Users
70
Very Good
RT Rotten
54%
Tomatometer
56 votes
RT Stale
51%
Popcornmeter
1,076 votes
METASCORE
50
22 votes
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
94,377 votes

Additional Info

  1. IMDb
  2. Official Website
  3. Kids-in-Mind
  4. Common Sense Media