"Perfection is subjective when it comes to art. A mathematical equation can only have one answer, no matter what those Facebook shareable quizzes tell you. When it comes to art, it is all about your interpretation. For action buffs, a perfect film may be the one that exhilarates them the most. For comedy enthusiasts, the perfect comedy may have to do with the greatest one-liners, the best timing, or the goofiest characters (or all of the above).
For many critics, the perfect film has more to do with two certain facets. Firstly, how well does a specific film check off all of the fundamentals that a film requires (rather than just doing the bare minimum in each field)? Secondly, how many boundaries has this film broken in a progressive way (rather than bad films, which regress with their mistakes)?
Once again, all of these matters are subjective. Someone can think the open-ended conclusion to a film like Phantom Thread is lazy, while another can see it as thought provoking."
