| Perfect | |
| Director: | Eddie Alcazar |
| Music: | Flying Lotus |
| Cinematography: | Matthias Koenigswieser |
| Editing: | Gardner Gould |
| Studio: | Brainfeeder Films |
| Runtime: | 85 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Perfect is a 2018 American science fiction thriller film directed by Eddie Alcazar in his feature length debut and starring Garrett Wareing, Courtney Eaton, Tao Okamoto, Maurice Compte, and Abbie Cornish.[1] The film had its premiere at South by Southwest on March 11, 2018. It was released in the United States on May 17, 2019.
A young man finds the corpse of his murdered girlfriend lying in the bed next to him. Having received a call from him, his mother takes him to a genetic-engineering clinic, where the patients transform their bodies and minds.
The film's working title was Puberty.[2] The project was unveiled by Brainfeeder Films at the 2016 American Film Market.[3] Part of the filming took place at the Sheats–Goldstein Residence in California.[4] Flying Lotus wrote the score for the film.[5]
The film had its premiere at South by Southwest on March 11, 2018.[6] SingularDTV subsequently acquired the worldwide rights to the film.[7] It was released theatrically in the United States on May 17, 2019.[8] It was released through video on demand on Breaker on June 21, 2019.[9] In Scandinavia, the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Nonstop Entertainment in January 2020.[10]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of .[11] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 36 out of 100, based on reviews from 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[12]
Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, writing, "Eddie Alcazar's movie is ambitious enough, but it's the work of a would-be visionary without any clear vision."[13] John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "While some will embrace the shards as a Shane Carruth-like brain-teaser, the movie is ultimately too reflective of its genetically-engineered subjects — soulless under an entrancing veneer."[14] Amy Nicholson of Variety commented that Eddie Alcazar and Flying Lotus are "fixated on body horror, vanity, breaking good-taste boundaries, and blurring the lines between feature film, music video, and art installation."[15] Chuck Bowen of Slant Magazine gave the film 1 out of 4 stars, writing, "Eddie Alcazar's Perfect is the sort of purposefully inscrutable, wandering, disconnected, symbolic, and highly precious mood bath that you'll either adore or loathe."[16] Jeff Ewing of Forbes called it "surreal and complex, with the natural beauty of the surroundings alternating with body horror and psychedelic interludes."[17]