Bloodhounds have nothing on a Paris orphan turned perfumer (British newcomer Ben Whishaw) whose freakishly acute sense of smell drives him to start killing beautiful women to bottle their scents. Based on Patrick Süskind's 1985 bestseller, Perfume is often disturbing (thanks to Run Lola Run director Tom Twyker's unnerving visuals) but always intoxicating, at least until the head-scratching Caligula-like finale. (R)
Happily N'Ever After
This uninspired retelling of Cinderella (with colorless voice work from Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr.) is further proof that the Shrek movies have the market cornered on retooled 'toon fairy tales. Sigourney Weaver, cackling merrily as the wicked stepmother, seems to be the only one having fun. (PG)
