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American Perfekt
“The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions”
65%
Movie
1h 40m
AI Analysis
American Perfekt (1997) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of American Perfekt (1997) — a movie tagged as Thriller and Drama with tense and offbeat moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be made on a flip of a coin. Meanwhile, Sandra Thomas, disenchanted professional, is en route to pick up her flunked out sister, Alice, at a cheap motel before continuing … Our models also surface themes such as ai, family, and love from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~100 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate American Perfekt 65% (24 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
65%
from 24 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be made on a flip of a coin. Meanwhile, Sandra Thomas, disenchanted professional, is en route to pick up her flunked out sister, Alice, at a cheap motel before continuing on to visit their ailing mother. After being forced off the road by a mysterious assailant, however, Sandra is picked up by Jake, who's coin flipping amoral attitude quickly excites her own desire to break a few rules. Or worse. Jake and Sandra's romance is soon driven by chance acts of crime and kindness, all governed by the flip of a coin - at least until Sandra mysteriously disappears and Jake unwittingly picks up her suspicious sister, Alice ...
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1997-06-11
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- TMDB rating
- 6.5
- TMDB ID
- 55902
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What is American Perfekt about?
Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be made on a flip of a coin. Meanwhile, Sandra Thom... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for American Perfekt?
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How long is the movie American Perfekt?
The official runtime for American Perfekt is approximately 100 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Amanda Plummer
Sandra
Robert Forster
Jake
David Thewlis
Santini
Fairuza Balk
Alice
Paul Sorvino
Frank
Joanna Gleason
Shirley
Geoffrey Lewis
Willy
Chris Sarandon
Sammy
Jay Patterson
Bernie
Judson Mills
Junior
Rutanya Alda
Gloria
- P
Paul Henry
Pete / Trucker #1
Belinda Balaski
Rita
- J
Jack Breschard
Trucker #2
- N
Nathan Le Grand
Freddie
- S
Sarah Bibb
Cashier
Lisa Long
Maid
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