Perfume

I like these types of period films and this one would have been really good except for academy award winning actor Dustin Hoffman ruins it. This random orphan kid has a wonderful nose and knack for mixing fragrances to make whatever smell he wants. In the grand scheme of things he wants to develop a perfume that smells like a girl but lasts a long time. So he ends up boiling women after he kills them and trying to obtain their essence. He ends up on the lamb in a small village where obviously these murders aren't easy to hide. He eventually gets caught. This movie was the longest movie of all time, not helped by Dustin Hoffman's community-theater-caliber acting. Actually it was like 3 hours, but it seemed like forever. This movie is good if you can get over Dustin Hoffman. It's in the vein of Sweeny Todd without the singing.