It starts off pretty well. But, soon enough become s a confusing mess. The original movie focused on how a peasant with the ability to smell could create amazing perfumes. He became so obsessed with the perfect scent that he started murdering people to find that scent. It was also a bit of a plod, and not very exciting. It was a period piece and provided some level of excitement based on that. It also had Dustin Hoffman in it as an aging perfumer that needed help, and he got it from Ben Wishaw's character.

This movie tries to be that, and seems to just not make it. In all respects it just does not get to the line. It's unfortunate, as they could have done a lot more with this movie.

Also, can you get rid of the character limit on the reviews. This easily could have been reviewed in 4 lines. But, I had to add filler. One of the reasons I only review once in a while. This kind of nonsense.

What the hell is this complete disaster? Who let this to air? There is no plot. 1 and a half hour dissapointment. It sounded really interssting, but that's all. The characters are ridicuolosly bad. I almost fall asleep while watching.... The interesring story turned out really annoying at the end. The whole story failed at the begining. Police never employ someone who has no sense of smell.... Nowadays, every movie which contains one dead body or murder, get thriller label. This movie is so far from real thriller. Instead of this, this is pure madness! I deffinitely do not recommend to watch this german crap!

Oh where to go with this movie. I thought it started out pretty ok in a sense and I was interested to see how the plot was going to develop. That was until it stopped. In the simplest of terms this film is a mess. The cast are alright but the plot just goes no where. Its about this police detective that has to regain their sense of smell with the help from a perfumier who is said to use deadly methods to get the perfect blend and thus gets his girlfriend back. It was listed as a crime thriller, but really there is none of that happening here. Its just nothing really but I do appreciate the cast and they do try hard to make somehing, which unfortunatly is just a let down in the end.