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Strand Releasing | Release Date: September 16, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisOct 6, 2011
It's a funny, fearless, suspenseful sex comedy that, in drawing on science and philosophy and art and death, risks accusations of pretentiousness. But, even in its romantic idealism, the movie proceeds according to recognizable rhythms of how some people live. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenSep 15, 2011
A sensuous intellectual romp whose strong casting makes it involving, even when sentimentality creeps into the story or ideas present themselves in boldface. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen HoldenSep 15, 2011
In this quintessentially Germanic film, Berlin - where they live, work, and create and voraciously consume culture - is as much a character as any person. The collective sensibility on display is determinedly forward looking; you might even say avant-garde. Read full review
70
MovielineAlison WillmoreSep 15, 2011
Tykwer is a director known for his visual inventiveness and style, and 3 has its imaginative moments, though they sometimes seem like attempts to goose up what's actually a fairly talky, cerebral drama. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumSep 15, 2011
German filmmaker Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) noodles around with form, composition, and sexuality in 3, a playfully pieced-together, beautifully shot, and secretly ridiculous drama about a triangular relationship among blasé Berliners. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonSep 14, 2011
All this experimentation is enjoyable enough in the moment, but it's disappointing when Tykwer drops it in favor of a conventional, obvious ending. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertNov 16, 2011
The most that can be said for the characters here is they all seem mighty pleased. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesNov 17, 2011
Tykwer manages to negotiate this incredible coincidence without much trouble, though the movie slows to a crawl in its second half. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleLeba HertzSep 22, 2011
Despite its fascinating and humorous moments, one can't help but be frustrated when at times it switches away to spiritual pretentiousness. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. MusettoSep 16, 2011
Tykwer exhibits a fondness for split screens and other eye candy but no interest in formalities like character and plot development. By the time we reach the kitchy final scene, we've had our fill of visual tricks. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSep 11, 2011
3 is a smidgeon film. Take a smidgeon of scientific/ethical discussion, throw in a pinch of dance/poetry/dream sequences, tie the whole thing up with split-screen montages and you no longer just have a film about a love triangle, but a Godardian objet d'art. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearSep 13, 2011
No matter what the film says about sexual fluidity, you can't shake the feeling that 3 exists primarily to justify a shot of three figures impeccably posed together on a mattress. Everything else is reduced to trumped-up afterthoughts. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonSep 13, 2011
More willing suspension of disbelief - or suppression of giggles - is required. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierSep 16, 2011
Rois has moments of desperate urgency and depth, but Twyker's love of parallels is finally done in by artsy shots of the threesome au naturel against stark white backdrops. Read full review
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