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If Perfect Blue was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
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1999 · Animation / Thriller
Perfect Blue
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
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RELEASE DATE
1999
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GENRE
Animation / Thriller
PLOT SUMMARY
Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
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@RATIO_RAT2026-01-13 18:00 UTC
Even the popcorn looked bored during Perfect Blue.
@REEL_DEAL2026-01-06 17:00 UTC
Perfect Blue has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.
@ROW_F_REGRET2026-01-17 23:00 UTC
Perfect Blue: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.
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Why is Perfect Blue rated highly on Roasted Tomatoes?+
Perfect Blue (1999) is praised with a low burn score on Roasted Tomatoes with a Burn Index of 17/100. Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunte…
What streaming era or audience vibe does Perfect Blue fit best?+
Perfect Blue works best as a classic vault title for re-roast nights for animation fans. With a Burn Index of 17/100, pair it with viewers who can handle that heat level.
Is Perfect Blue worth watching according to Roasted Tomatoes?+
Perfect Blue scores 17/100 Burn — Roasted Tomatoes recommends it as a confident watch.
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r/flicks · u/CinephileCynic🔥 1.7k points
The cinematography in Perfect Blue is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Director clearly thought Perfect Blue was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/TrueFilm · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 2.6k points
Unpopular opinion: Perfect Blue is the most overrated film of the decade
Look, I wanted to love Perfect Blue. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/TrueFilm · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 2.2k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Perfect Blue?
Just got out of Perfect Blue and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/flicks · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 2.0k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Perfect Blue actually is?
Rewatched Perfect Blue last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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