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Perfect Stranger

Perfect Stranger

Thriller · Crime · Mystery · 2007

A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her best friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.

Movie details

Perfect Stranger

“How far would you go to keep a secret?”

2007 Thriller · Crime · Mystery 1h 49m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

5.8 / 10

Community rating

A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her best friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.

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 Stranger?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

James Foley

Written by

Todd Komarnicki · Jon Bokenkamp

Halle Berry

Halle Berry

Rowena Price

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis

Harrison Hill

Giovanni Ribisi

Giovanni Ribisi

Miles Haley

Richard Portnow

Richard Portnow

Narron

Gary Dourdan

Gary Dourdan

Cameron

Florencia Lozano

Florencia Lozano

Lt. Tejada

Nicki Aycox

Nicki Aycox

Grace

Court is in session

Put Perfect Stranger on trial.

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

The defence The Cool Ironist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.