A Perfect Day

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A Perfect Day

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2016,

1h 40m,

Comedy/

Drama/

War

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Aid workers (Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko) in the Balkans try to retrieve a man's body from a well before it contaminates the water for nearby villagers.

Critics Consensus

Aid workers get their due in A Perfect Day, which is just different and well-acted enough to overcome its logy pace and narrative clichés.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

Jun 15, 2016

4/5

[de Aranoa is] a director at home with the small things that can make a film great -- interested in what keeps people together when everything around them is being blown apart. It's a wonderful gift.

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David Stratton

The Australian

Jun 10, 2016

4/5

Del Toro and Robbins adroitly capture the dark humour of the drama, and their scenes together are gems of bleak comedy.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Jun 9, 2016

3.5/5

What the film does well is to immerse us in the tragic weirdness of wartime logic, where nothing works as we would expect. It's a strong, engaging film about how hard it is to wage peace.

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Joanne Laurier

World Socialist Web Site

Feb 26, 2021

The director scrubs out the particulars of the Bosnian conflict, consciously aiming to reduce it to a "timeless," universal story.

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Lucía Ros Serra

Espinof

May 14, 2020

The new film by Fernando León de Aranoa perfectly combines humor, drama, tenderness and thriller, without ever giving up hope for a better world. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Mikel Zorrilla

Espinof

Apr 15, 2020

It is a tragicomedy that seeks to show the other side of the war, but that ends up drawing on a blank criticism improved only by the good work of its actors. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Feb 20, 2019

Two stars because I watched the whole thing. Otherwise much ado about nothing. War is bad, devastation, beautiful country but everyone blowing each other up and generally behaving badly. Nothing new is added here. Benicio has a wig. Tim plays himself as usual. The locals are smart and everyone else is dumb. Pointless in the end.

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Hagrid S

Nov 1, 2018

BEAUTIFULLY ACTED, WONDERFUL SCRIPT. GOOD ENDING.

Hagrid P

Oct 3, 2018

This was an amazing film, I was not expecting this to be what I watched. I thought it might be a cliché riddled film with tonnes of exposition, but this was a pleasant surprise. I've been looking to watch this film for the past year and finally sat down to watch it and I can't believe I wasn't heralding this film earlier. Robbins is hilarious in the support, that one scene between Del Toro and himself near the dead cow is worth the price of the movie alone. A strong cast and strong character moments create a film unlike any other film I have seen lately. If you enjoy character films, this is going to be one to stick on the shelf or re-watch on Netflix. 03/10/2018.

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Kylo S

Sep 26, 2018

There should be a sequel made. I found myself wanting to watch how the rescue workers dealt with their next mission. Good rapport between actors. Tim Robbins is at his best as the quirky B played along with Benicio del Toro's low key Mambru. Sophie and Olga developed into more interesting and realistic characters as the storyline progressed.

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Anakin W

Aug 1, 2018

Un día perfecto [2016]

Ron W

Jul 10, 2018

Sharp dialogue with dark humor. Made me want to hang out with Benicio Del Toro and Tim Robbins. They are perfect together. Melanie Thierry and the young boy are also very good. It's a small story but one with a point, and it is entertaining and thoughtfully told. It was great to see Benicio Del Toro show off some new range in a non drugworld-related role. I would like to see him in a smart comedy. I also loved the choice of music in the movie. We need more interesting independent films like this.

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Mambrú

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Katya

Mélanie Thierry

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Synopsis

Aid workers (Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko) in the Balkans try to retrieve a man's body from a well before it contaminates the water for nearby villagers.

Director: Fernando León de Aranoa
Producer: Fernando León de Aranoa, Jaume Roures
Screenwriter: Fernando León de Aranoa, Diego Farias
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Mediapro Pictures, Reposado Producciones, Televisión Española (TVE)
Rating: R (Some Sexual References|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 15, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 19, 2017
Runtime: 1h 40m

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