A Perfect Day (2015)

A Perfect Day (2015)

2015 106 Minutes

Drama

Film about a group of aid workers trying to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone in the Balkans.

Overall Rating

8 / 10
Verdict: Good

User Review

  • BarneyNuttall

    BarneyNuttall

    8 / 10
    A Perfect Day is a blend of eyebrow creasing tension and oil-black comedy. As Hitchock famously said 'There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.' This film is a fantastic homage to that as there is never really a bang. You wait and you wait for one of the mines that cast a net of death over the Balkans to cause a splatter of gore. But you just keep waiting.

    That being said, the film is equally funny, especially in Tim Robbin's B, an eccentric aid-worker veteran. A Perfect Day is a stinging satire that is tense and hilarious. Sure, some story beats don't quite pay off but the film has an irresistible, almost Western, bleakness that is a pleasure to watch.