Product Details

• Actors: Amanda Plummer, Robert Forster, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk, Paul Sorvino
• Directors: Paul Chart
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Allumination
• DVD Release Date: June 15, 2004
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00029NLKA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,001 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "American Perfekt" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Criminal Psychologist, Jake Nyman (Robert Forster), is taking a much need vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which every decision will be made at a flip of a coin. Meanwhile, Sandra Thomas (Amanda Plummer), disenchanted professional, is en route to pick up her flunked out sister, Alice (Fairuza Balk), at a cheap motel before continuing on to visit their ailing mother. After being forced off the road by a mysterious assailant, Sandra is picked up by Jake, whose coin-flipping amoral attitude quickly excites her own desire to break a few rules or worse. Jake and Sandra’s dark romance is soon driven by chance acts of crime and kindness, all governed by a flip of a coin – At least until Sandra disappears and Jake unwittingly picks up her suspicious sister Alice

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chances are...., July 30, 2005

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Nathan Christian (Pitcairn, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Perfekt (DVD)

you're gonna like this movie! All is not what it seems in this road thriller. Every actor is cast perfectly. The story unfolds nicely and calmly, and then shifts---at the flip of a coin. A twisted tale where situations appear as one thing, but really soething sinister is going on. It's really difficult to talk about a movie with alot of plot twists without ruining it. All persons involved with this project deserve a high-five for a thrilling suspence movie!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars COEN BROTHERS MEETS QUENTIN TARANTINO! 4 1/2 STARS!, April 4, 2010

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This review is from: American Perfekt (DVD)

I caught this film on cable a while back and finally got around to watching it on my DVR. The film will remind some of the Coen Brothers and Quentin Tarantino films with its off the wall characters and familiar cast in such films. It's a very good film, but the only flaw I can see is that I kind of knew who the real bad guys were from the beginning. It doesn't make it any less enjoyable and fans of CB and QT should enjoy this quirky and refreshing film. It's not hard to see a little of 'No Country For Old Men' in this film and having Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction) and Robert Forster (Jackie Brown) will certainly bring Quentin Tarantino to mind. A surprisingly good little film that you may have never heard of.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Perfekt little film, October 10, 2008

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D. Culp "diarci" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Perfekt (DVD)

One of my favorite films. If the picture had done any business, Robert Forster would have been nominated for an Oscar. It's a quirky and more than a little off-beat film - not really a a mystery so much as a strange adventure film. Give it a chance, you'll love it. And where else can you see Amanda Plummer naked?