Perfetti Sconosciuti / Perfect Strangers (2016) :
Brief Review -
7 Friends, 7 Strangers, Multiple Facts, Several Lies, Yet Pointless. Back in time, Hollywood attempted a similar idea in 1933 with "Dinner at Eight," but it was mostly occupied by the pre-dinner segments and social activities. "12 Angry Men" (1957) brought several men together for a roundtable and discussed different perspectives. The Italian flick Perfetti sconosciuti has the same set-up but a completely different story and screenplay. The idea is typical but really intriguing. You get 7 friends together on a dinner table (3 couples and 1 single guy) and play a weird game of keeping your mobile phone open for all. Mobile phones have updated our lifestyle, but they have destroyed our lives and the way we used to share things with our loved ones. You might have heard one or two dialogues, or even a monologue, on the same in many movies, but Perfect Strangers uses this point to define its entire narrative. Did that stop people from using mobiles, or even the characters in the film? No. Then faak it. Your point is useless. It happens with many socially important things, so that's okay. However, Perfect Strangers is not entirely about mobile phones, but about human nature and its insights. These 7 people think that they are friends and have nothing to hide from each other, but by the end, everyone is exposed, and to a very shameful level. It doesn't change anything, though. They are back to their lives with a lot of lies, so again, the point of the film is at fault here. Moreover, it's an extremely vulgar movie. They openly talk about booobs, sexual affairs, cheating, and whatnot. All the private discussion becomes open for a while, and the game turns into a serious reality. Now that's only until the climax, when they go back to their previous versions, as if nothing happened. That doesn't make sense from one point of view, but the other side of it makes good sense, as they all understand how cheap and bad they are. Overall, unique but pointless.
RATING - 5/10*
By - #samthebestest.
7 Friends, 7 Strangers, Multiple Facts, Several Lies, Yet Pointless. Back in time, Hollywood attempted a similar idea in 1933 with "Dinner at Eight," but it was mostly occupied by the pre-dinner segments and social activities. "12 Angry Men" (1957) brought several men together for a roundtable and discussed different perspectives. The Italian flick Perfetti sconosciuti has the same set-up but a completely different story and screenplay. The idea is typical but really intriguing. You get 7 friends together on a dinner table (3 couples and 1 single guy) and play a weird game of keeping your mobile phone open for all. Mobile phones have updated our lifestyle, but they have destroyed our lives and the way we used to share things with our loved ones. You might have heard one or two dialogues, or even a monologue, on the same in many movies, but Perfect Strangers uses this point to define its entire narrative. Did that stop people from using mobiles, or even the characters in the film? No. Then faak it. Your point is useless. It happens with many socially important things, so that's okay. However, Perfect Strangers is not entirely about mobile phones, but about human nature and its insights. These 7 people think that they are friends and have nothing to hide from each other, but by the end, everyone is exposed, and to a very shameful level. It doesn't change anything, though. They are back to their lives with a lot of lies, so again, the point of the film is at fault here. Moreover, it's an extremely vulgar movie. They openly talk about booobs, sexual affairs, cheating, and whatnot. All the private discussion becomes open for a while, and the game turns into a serious reality. Now that's only until the climax, when they go back to their previous versions, as if nothing happened. That doesn't make sense from one point of view, but the other side of it makes good sense, as they all understand how cheap and bad they are. Overall, unique but pointless.
RATING - 5/10*
By - #samthebestest.