The exterior of "The Perfection" is flawless, covering up the darkness that lies beneath. The wild ride in store is both supremely disturbing...
[M]ost everyone who watches The Perfection will instead be staring at the screen slack-jawed, dumbfounded at the gory silliness they endured.
Entertaining in a way that’s at once showy and rather clinical.
Whiplash 2: Sympathy for Lady Vengeance.
Riot Material May 25, 2019 [Allison Williams and Logan Browning] play together with raw emotion and savage wrath that scratches at the legacy of such camp horror divas as Bet...
Unfortunately, despite the acting and the twisting and bending of genres from horror to revenge fantasy-The Perfection begins to crumble during the...
The Guardian May 24, 2019 The film’s indefinability is admirable while also frustrating, the plot leaping around in a rather graceless fashion, spinning back, for...
Richard Shepard’s The Perfection is a twisting and unnerving film that at once serves as a more demented version of Whiplash while combi...
Your tolerance for this sort of thing may vary.
Some folks may laugh when director Richard Shepard wants their jaws to drop. But it delivers. The Perfection is a pure hit of twisted, absurd...
Nothing about The Perfection is what you’d expect, which is what makes watching it such a weirdly thrilling experience.
In many ways, "The Perfection" amounts to little more than a bag of tricks. But no one is pretending otherwise. And they’re good tr...
In essence, the movie looks like it should be a slick, thrilling emotional arc that speaks to women. But beneath the surface, it’s somet...
The Perfection takes deep, fetishistic satisfaction in pushing the envelope, then pushing it some more, building in seductive fits and shocking sta...
Bold, stylish storytelling that takes big chances and rocks two extremely strong lead performances from Logan Browning and Allison Williams. Good l...
Detroit News May 24, 2019 It’s not just that Shepard sends viewers on a wild ride, it’s that he doesn’t tell them what kind of ride they’re on u...
A stylishly made, nail-biting effort that proves consistently engrossing.
Rolling Stone May 29, 2019 It’s not perfect – but in its own blood-splattered, limb-lopping way, it may be a particularly perfect thriller for this moment.
