Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- witty
- sardonic
- tense
- thoughtful movie night
- historical drama viewing
What critics said
Critics generally found the film watchable, well acted, and distinctive in its dark humor, while noting a slow pace and familiar narrative beats.
What sets it apart
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Mambrú, B, Katya, and Sophie navigate bureaucratic obstacles and lethal conditions with dry, often gallows humor.
The aid workers cross mountain roads and villages in search of a rope needed to resolve the contaminated-well crisis.
The team’s efforts are repeatedly constrained by military forces, bureaucracy, and the scale of civilian displacement.
Aerial and mountain-road imagery presents striking Bosnian landscapes alongside ruined villages, checkpoints, and wartime debris.
Films like A Perfect Day, and why
M*A*S*H
shares darkly comic war-zone satire, multinational aid-worker ensemble, and humane examination of civilian suffering
The Year of Living Dangerously
shares road-movie structure, morally complicated conflict-zone work, and an uneasy blend of comedy and drama
The Killing Fields
shares international humanitarian themes, political instability, and dry humor amid a dangerous armed conflict
Movie Details
- Director
- Fernando León de Aranoa
- Release Date
- 2015-08-28
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (699)
Cast
- Benicio del Toro
- Tim Robbins
- Olga Kurylenko
- Mélanie Thierry
- Feđa Štukan
- Eldar Rešidović
- Sergi López
- Nenad Vukelić
- Morten Suurballe
- Ben Temple
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is A Perfect Day about?
- A weary multinational aid team turns a simple search for a rope into a darkly comic journey through the wreckage of the Bosnian War.
- What is A Perfect Day like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Perfect Day as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is A Perfect Day violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in A Perfect Day as moderate.
- What did critics think of A Perfect Day?
- Critics generally found the film watchable, well acted, and distinctive in its dark humor, while noting a slow pace and familiar narrative beats.
- Which films are like A Perfect Day?
- Films with a similar feel include M*A*S*H, The Year of Living Dangerously, and The Killing Fields.
- How long is A Perfect Day?
- A Perfect Day runs 106 minutes.
- Where can I watch A Perfect Day?
- In United States, A Perfect Day streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now.
