KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

snowboarderbo This is a mostly expository film, so if you don't like people yammering, you're prolly not gonna like it.I agree with many others that the film breaks some good rules such as:Complete lack of sympathetic characters. The ostensible protagonist is a jerk. His main business rival is a smarmy clown, like a real life Sideshow Bob ffs. The two burglars are ciphers until the very end and then the main one just comes across as a pathetic idiot.And the end is the worst part. All this build up and then there's no release, no cathartic moment, no resolution at all. The film does contain an interesting take on the potential upsides and downsides to widespread genetic testing, but it fails as a film.I don't regret watching it, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone not already interested in the debate within. And I certainly will never watch it again.

pamlincez What I most enjoyed and loved about The Perfect 46 was after almost every scene I was left with a question in my mind about the ethics of scientific discovery. As a scientist, I was questioning my own work and pursuit of a new therapy for a debilitating autoimmune disease and the implications of my work. One of the main derivatives of the disease I study is an underlying genetic risk for the disease. There are specific genes that increase susceptibility for the disease in children and although, the subject of The Perfect 46 borders eugenics, the concept of trying to eliminate genetic risk associated with disease does seem like an appealing therapeutic approach. A 'pseudo-dating' genetic screening site may not be the best answer however.From scene to scene I questioned what I would do in each of the conflicts Jesse Darden, the lead, would face- from a scientist and from a citizen perspective. This movie is important now, in this time of increasing advances in genetic sequencing. Ethical issues about what can and should be done with the accumulation of big data from large genetic sequencing studies needs to be addressed. The Perfect 46 thoroughly portrays how our technology is advancing faster than our understanding of its implications. From an artistic perspective, I thoroughly enjoyed the simplicity and nod to retro artifacts in most of the locations in The Perfect 46. It was also interesting to see the character portrayal of a scientist as someone who became quite power and business driven. There are of course many of those types out there, as there are introverted academics that enjoy their quiet magnificent discoveries from behind the lab bench. The Perfect 46 is a well-written, well-directed film that integrates a highly technical scientific discovery in to a refreshing question answer dialogue driven by an unexpected scientist character. This film is a treat to watch and I highly recommend it if you're in to or want to learn more about the repercussions of advancing technologies like this new era of next generation sequencing.

sexton-timothy Review -- The Perfect 46 was supposed to be a science fiction movie but, this science is actually fact! There are several start-up companies using the concept of DNA matchmaking today, just google "DNA romance".I felt the directors took this concept in an unlikely direction and turned the idea of DNA matchmaking into Frankenstein's monster. I felt they missed the real value people would see in a DNA based matchmaking. The perfect 46 pretends that DNA based matchmaking will only give health reports and the idea has no other value. Education -- Unlike what is described in the perfect 46 there are no companies offering health based compatibility reports. The approach these DNA matchmaking companies use for compatibility reports is based on opposite HLA genes, meaning the have couple will have biological chemistry, they will find that their partners odor smells sexy.

davidkhardman Written and directed by Brett Ryan Bonowicz, The Perfect 46 charts the rise and fall of Jesse Darden, the creator of a website that assesses the genetic compatibility of would-be parents, and later develops into a glorified dating website. Whit Hertford's performance as Darden is one of the few things I can recommend about The Perfect 46. When Derden is on the up Hertford brings to the role a passionate intensity that is reminiscent of Steve Jobs and other wunderkind from the modern tech industry. Likewise, Hertford does a great job of conveying dark despair, with an element of obsessive-compulsive behaviour, once things start to go wrong for Darden. A turning point for Darden comes when his own product shows him to be sterile and his wife leaves him. Later, there are also company problems to be faced.Unfortunately, The Perfect 46 violates a couple of key principles of movie-making. Firstly, rather than letting action drive the plot and letting characters' behaviours reveal their thoughts and attitudes, large swathes of the film are given to interminable explanations and ethical discussions. If I wanted to have issues relating to genetic matchmaking explained to me, I would read a book or watch a documentary; in film fiction, however, extended explanation is frankly a bore. The Perfect 46 presents us with company executives giving explanations to news programmes, with executives expounding in the boardroom, and at one point there is even a dinner party at which characters bat the issues back and forth at great length. Part of the plot involves two hooded men breaking into Darden's country retreat, where one of them then engages in even more philosophical discussion with Darden.The second problem is the lack of any sympathetic character. Darden himself is the central figure in the film. Unfortunately, we are never given any reason to care about him. You might think that being diagnosed as sterile would give the viewer some reason to feel for Darden, but ironically he mostly behaves like a prick.In the final scene of the film, the reason for the intruders' break-in is made clear. Frustratingly, the dialogue at this point becomes quite intense and convincing. In one sense you could say the film ended on a high point, but on the other hand this last segment also hinted at how much better the rest of the film could have been.