- published: 12 Oct 2009
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Perfect Sense, formerly known as The Last Word, is a 2011 drama film directed by David Mackenzie and written by Kim Fupz Aakeson, starring Eva Green and Ewan McGregor. Scenes were shot in various locations around Glasgow. The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
A story about two people—a chef and an epidemiologist—who fall in love just as an epidemic begins to rob the world's population of their sensory perceptions.
The epidemic causes humans to lose their senses. First, they start crying with no reason. After drying up their tears, they notice they have lost their ability to smell. This is followed by the loss of taste and hearing and finally eye sight. The epidemic is not given a major part in the movie. Instead, the movie focuses on the two lovers and the rest of the people dealing with the situation. For example, Michael, being a chef, has to go on cooking for the people who can't smell nor taste.
Reviews for Perfect Sense have been mixed. Rotten Tomatoes has the film ranked at 51%. Tirdad Derakhshani of the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote in his review, "The film loses its charm with annoying sequences that have a narrator explain to us 'The Meaning of it All' and then tell us "What Really Matters" in life: Love. Love. Love."; and Stephen Holden of the New York Times defined it as "a solemn sci-fi parable set in present-day Glasgow, whose deepening sense of foreboding is sustained by the enigmatic, pseudo-biblical reflections of an unseen narrator." While Mark Holcomb of the Village Voice said the film "beautifully captures the ache and counterintuitive thrill of 'the days as we know them, the world as we imagine the world' fading away by degrees—just don't be surprised if you find yourself longing for a contagion-spawned zombie bloodbath to counter the shambling lyricism."
Walking talking
Talking with you
I believed the whole time through
I took in your words
Without a doubt
And now the truth comes out
My eyes are bleeding
In the corner
As I crouch on to the floor
Thinking of why you
Why you dont love me
Why dont you love me anymore
I loved you
And fell for you
The whole time you knew
Im crying
Cuz all your words werent true
And I fell for you
When I was with you
So many fights occurred
But now I get
Get the last word
I missed you for the first few days
Cried a while
But I must force myself to smile
Cuz its just another thing
Just another thing
Just another thing I hate about you
My eyes are bleeding
In the corner
As I crouch on to the floor
Thinking of why you
Why you dont love me
Why dont you love me anymore
I loved you and fell for you
The whole time you knew
Im crying cuz all your words werent true
And I fell for you
When I was with you
So many fights occurred
But now I get
Get the last word
My eyes are bleeding
In the corner
As I crouch on to the floor
Thinking of why you
Why you dont love me
Why dont you love me anymore
I loved you and fell for you
The whole time you knew
Im crying cuz all your words werent true
And I fell for you
When I was with you
So many fights occurred
But now I get