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Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Lathan appears to have the ideal life. She enjoys a challenging, fast-paced career as a lobbyist; Dave, her longterm boyfriend loves her. And yet, at 36, she's ready to move to the next phase. Marriage and a family seem a logical and welcome step. Dave is not so sure. A bit commitment phobic, his misgivings lead to a painful break up.
Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut, Kathryn Morris, Shannon LucioThriller | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
English, English SDH, French, Spanish
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
UV digital copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 1.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Director David M. Rosenthal's (A Single Shot) The Perfect Guy exemplifies midrange big studio filler cinema. It's a standard nuts-and-bolts Thriller, as predictable as the sunrise, and never even hints at dramatic novelty or character development that expands on one-dimensional figures filled in just enough to tell the story. The movie is saved from total failure by slick production values and just enough acting to maintain interest in an otherwise tired, trite, repetitive, redundant movie that gives away everything in the trailer, and why not. Audiences can easily predict where it's going on premise and the first ten minutes alone.
Prepare to defend yourself.
The Perfect Guy's 1080p transfer gets the job done, but the movie's frequent and overbearingly dark imagery never really gives it room to shine. Details are adequate, though there's not much in the way of finely intimate facial or clothing features. The images gets by more on high yield clarity and the 1080p definition than it does finely appointed textures. Colors frequently push lower-light warm, and the overwhelmingly dark filtering doesn't allow for much color palette brilliance. Black levels also tend to push towards crush, light banding hangs across a few backgrounds, and a decent number of softer and smearier shots appear throughout. The movie's heavy noir styling doesn't allow for a razzle-dazzle colorful image, but what's here is fine in a general context. It's just nothing to be overly excited for.
On the other hand, The Perfect Guy's DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack is stellar and the unequivocal highlight of this release. The movie begins with a superb musical presentation that finds impeccable detailing and extraordinary full-stage balance for total envelopment, yielding a perfect cinema-quality sound moment. Such precision follows throughout the film. Music is always a highlight, whether score or more aggressive and bass dominant dance beats heard in chapter three. Atmospheric effects are stellar throughout and fully convincing. Background bar/restaurant chatter and clatter heard in chapter two are amazingly rich and completely lifelike. High heel footfalls echo effortlessly around the stage in chapter six as a character walks through a practically empty parking garage. A gunshot in chapter five, and more near film's end, hit very hard and approach a more lifelike heft than those heard in many action-oriented movies. A car crash in chapter 12 spills through the entire stage, sending twisting metal, crashing debris, and other details into the listing area with practically frightening realism. Dialogue delivery is smooth and accurate with a consistent center placement, rounding out one of the most surprisingly rich and exciting soundtracks of the year.
Aside from the standard Sony previews collage, The Perfect Guy contains only one extra. Lust and Obsession: Making 'The Perfect Guy' (1080p, 10:18) looks at what it takes to craft a good Thriller, character details, performances, the film's noir-inspired look, fight choreography, and more. A UV digital copy code is included with purchase.
The Perfect Guy seems so unconfident about its wares that it chose to peddle ample cleavage on its posters and advertisements (which, for whatever reason, seems to have been dialed back for the home video cover) in what must have been a desperate act to draw audiences to a movie they've seen dozens of times before, just with a different title and different actors pulling off the same actions. The movie is to be commended for its craftsmanship; Rosenthal's film is slick and put together with an obvious level of skill and know-how, and his primary actors do a fine job of elevating the characters above the trite, throwaway script. It's not worth a spot on the must-see list, but interested parties can go in knowing that it's at least an accomplished piece of technical work, even as the story is totally derivative. Sony's Blu-ray release of The Perfect Guy yields fair video, outstanding audio, and, unsurprisingly, only one brief extra. Worth a rental if nothing else looks better.
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