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Marta Barber, Miami Herald: While not boring, it is too light to be taken seriously. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: So much of El Crimen Perfecto sustains such a dazzlingly vital pitch it makes the typical American studio attempt at far-out black comedy look pretty far-in, and pretty pale. Read more
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: An astute satire on the boundlessness of unchecked sexual fetishism and power. Read more
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic: It plays like one of those minor European oddball comedies of the 1970s ... neither realistic nor particularly clever but making up for that with a certain charm. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: An outrageous comedy of errors set at a Madrid department store. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: The Spanish have been masters of sly black comedy, and El Crimen Perfecto (The Perfect Crime) is a splendid example. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Like any good maker of black comedy, Iglesia measures his humor in deviations from the norm. Read more
Mario Tarradell, Dallas Morning News: Packs laughs, over-the-top plot twists and even a socially conscious message or two into a twisted story about the ruthless competition between a couple of would-be managers in a sprawling department store. Read more
John Patterson, L.A. Weekly: The colors are lurid, the camera prowls relentlessly, and the lead performers are exuberant. Read more
Gene Seymour, Newsday: Director Alex de la Iglesia has much to teach the world-at-large about making smart, lively social satire that bows to past masters without being hobbled by self-consciousness. Read more
Dana Stevens, New York Times: Like the Ferris wheel that serves as the setting for one of its climactic scenes, El Crimen Perfecto is a bright, gaudy and tremendously satisfying ride. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: This Spanish-language romp is a delightful send-up of retail culture, movie thrillers and the eternal 'ladies' man' facing his just deserts. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: El Crimen Perfecto has energy, color, spirit and lively performances, but what it does not have are very many laughs. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: El Crimen Perfecto is a joyride that leaves you feeling drunk and dizzy and swearing that you haven't touched a drop. Read more
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: There are lots of wicked laughs here, if nothing tremendously original. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Writer-director Alex de la Iglesia has made it clear that all rules are off and all our expectations are moot. Not satisfied merely to follow his premise out the window, he's going to drag it up to the 50th floor, first. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: My advice is to choose the first half, where things are really funny until they aren't. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: A story that begins as farce but that evolves into something approaching satirical profundity. Read more
Jorge Morales, Village Voice: Spanish director de la Iglesia continues his streak of caustic social satires framed as send-ups of Hollywood genre cliches. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: From a tight satire about the emptiness of materialism, El Crimen degenerates into such macabre silliness, it's as if another director stepped in and -- rather like Don Antonio -- destroyed a beautiful thing. Read more