Celluloid Heroes

Show me a beautiful woman, I’ll show you a man who’s tired of fucking her.

The director of this misbegotten chunk of lifeless cinematic afterbirth is James Foley, previously responsible for Glengary Glen Ross, a brilliant adaptation of David Mamet’s play that had half as many virtues as this movie has vices. Perfect Stranger smacks you across the face with plot holes so huge that it would be an insult to your intelligence if only you could be bothered to care.

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You people are insane! You’re wasting your lives making shit! Nobody cares! These movies are terrible!

Purists could probably spend a lively weekend detailing the factual errors found in Tim Burton’s comic biopic of 1950s schlockmeister Edward D. Wood, Jr., but these killjoys would be completely missing the point of this affect tribute to those perpetual outsiders whose dreams far outstrip their talent.

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