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Perfect Number

Perfect Number

Thriller · Mystery · 2012

A brilliant math teacher formulates the perfect cover-up after his neighbor murders her abusive ex-husband.

Movie details

Perfect Number

“To him the only unsolvable equation was love.”

2012 Thriller · Mystery 2h 0m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.9 / 10

2.5K votes

TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

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A brilliant math teacher formulates the perfect cover-up after his neighbor murders her abusive ex-husband.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Perfect Number?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Pang Eun-jin

Written by

Kim Tae-yun · Lee Gong-ju · Lee Jung-hwa

Ryoo Seung-bum

Ryoo Seung-bum

Suk-go

Lee Yo-won

Lee Yo-won

Hwa-sun

Cho Jin-woong

Cho Jin-woong

Detective Min-bum

Kim Yoon-sung

Kim Yoon-sung

Sang-joon

Kim Bo-ra

Kim Bo-ra

Yoon-ah

Lee Seok-jun

Lee Seok-jun

Nam Tae-woo

Lim Sung-min

Lim Sung-min

Jung-sook

Court is in session

Put Perfect Number on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.