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Sam Neil is the headline star of the movie, and does what he usually does. Of course, much of it's plotting is illogical or over acted or both but then again, you could say that's your fault for taking a chance on it. The movie's best moments are when it's doing it's best to be absurd, and it even manages to take on a black comedy feel when the story gets going. Of course, most of the originality that is implanted into the plot fails, but you've got to admire a film for at least trying to be original, even if it doesn't completely pull it off. The film exists in familiar territory, and follows the over-used plot formula of 'man meets woman, takes her home and turns out to be a psycho', but it mixes in elements of other genres and some down right strange ideas, and the result is a somewhat original take on the idea. Like sticking rusty screwdrivers in your eyes, for example. While the film isn't brilliant, or even good really, it's a fair way to spend your time and if you've got ninety minutes free, there's a lot worse things you could be doing with it. This one's about as satisfying as a knife in the gut after a one-night stand.Īs far as discreet, not noteworthy and surplus to requirements films from 2003 go, Perfect Strangers isn't a bad one. The woman is never a sympathetic character, and neither her nor Sam Neill (who is considerably less bonkers, but still a little flaky all the same) are given any real back-story, so the viewer is given no reason to care what happens to them. Although the woman's descent into madness is unaccountably swift, the film plods along, neither knowing or seeming to care where it is going. I know he lives alone on an island, but even so he can't be that desperate. Why any bloke would want to marry a mad chick who whacked him over the head with a shovel and tied him up in a tool shed which she then takes pot shots at while talking to said bloke's dead/imaginary mate who she has recently murdered and thrown in a freezer is way beyond me. There's no warning, or apparent reason, for her sudden mental slide, but that's just one of many issues the film's writer and director fail to address. MAJOR SPOILERS This low budget flick starts off as a straightforward single female in peril thriller before changing tack midway through and heading down the single female goes a bit bonkers path.