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The Perfection
USA 2018
produced by Bill Block, Stacey Reiss, Richard Shepard for Capstone Film Group/Netflix
directed by Richard Shepard
starring Allison Williams, Logan Browning, Alaina Huffman, Steven Weber, Molly Grace, Glynis Davies, Winnie Hung, Christina Jastrzembska, Evelyn Chew, Graeme Duffy, Milah Thompson, Mark Kandborg, Alex Lee, Stephen Chang, Leanne Wang, Vince Tsang, Eileen Tian, Doralynn Mui, Sharon Crandall, Grace Wang, Johnny Ji, Sofy Chen
written by Eric C. Charmelo, Richard Shepard, Nicole Snyder, music by Paul Haslinger
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Charlotte (Allison Williams) was once the star student of Anton's
(Steven Weber) school for cellists - but then she, at the top of her game,
had to quit to take care of her mother. But now that her mother has died,
Charlotte visits a function of her old school in Shanghai, also to hear
new star student Lizzie (Logan Browing) play. Charlotte and Lizzie hit it
off immediately, and they actually have sex that very night. The next day,
the two girls decide to take a tour through rural China on a bus - but
Lizzie's not feeling all that great, and it seems her digestion is playing
up as she shits herself, throws up repeatedly - and eventually, Charlotte
finds live maggots in her puke. The two of them are thrown off a bus in
the middle of nowhere, and then Lizzie finds bugs crawling under her skin
in her right hand. Charlotte finds a solution all to quickly, Lizzie has
to chop off her own hand, and she has even brought a meat cleaver. Lizzie
does as suggested and ... Rewind a few hours, and it's revealed that
Charlotte has actually drugged Lizzie, which didn't only make her shit and
puke, but also see things - so there were never any maggots in her puke
nor bugs under her skin ... but now that she hasn't got a hand, of course
Lizzie can't play the cello anymore and is thrown out of Anton's school.
Thing is, Anton and company also get their hands on Charlotte, and prepare
to punish her for what she had done to Lizzie, and Lizzie even shows up to
join the fun - but the outcome of this is not what you might expect ... This
is a pretty decent genre movie that really manages to lead its audience
astray a few times throughout by reinventing its narrative - and that
said, that ploy, along with the "rewind" effect, is a little
over-used as what in the beginning looked like just telling a story from
different points of view eventually results in an awfully constructed
narrative that seems to exist more for the sake of tricking the audience
rather than tricking the audience supporting the audience. Still, it's a
well-made and well-played film that is sure to surprise one - maybe a bit
too much though ...
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