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Title: Sniffing things out
Review: A well-crafted delivery of sight and sounds, this film almost smells as intriguing as it looks. I initially picked up the book "Perfume" in our condo's laundry room book shelf and read it only b/c I was thoroughly bored. I was completely enthralled by the story and taken by the literary genius behind the tale and its originality. So when I found that a movie version of the story was out, with Dustin Hoffman, needless to say, I was anxious to see if the film could live up to the vividness and depth of the book. THe film does not disappoint. It's a good condensation of the story; and although no film version could ever hope to plum the depth's of Grunuiu's psyche so well as the book, the imagery and musical backdrop adequately convey the character's oddities and social deficiencies(to put it mildly). Although not nearly as moving or disturbing as the book, the film nevertheless satisfies.
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