Melancholian 3 huonetta
Release Date: July 27, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The film is a requiem for the living as well as for the dead. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Superbly conveys its themes of despair and lost opportunities. Read full review
88
New York PostV.A. Musetto
An achingly beautiful look at the most tragic victims of the longtime war in Chechnya: children. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
A prodigious, almost spiritual experience, a luminous, challenging art movie out of the Tarkovsky school that happens to be about a real war and its effects on real children. Read full review
80
VarietyLeslie Felperin
Walloping gut punch The 3 Rooms of Melancholia offers a harrowing docu look at war and militarism's wounds, as seen through the eyes of Russian and Chechen children. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Consistently moving but never quite coalesces into a strongly coherent whole. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJoshua Katzman
Honkasalo's bleak, meditative 2004 documentary, about children who have been orphaned or dispossessed as a result of the Russian-Chechen conflict, eschews any attempts to make sense out of this long-running war. Read full review
50
Film ThreatJeremy Mathews
Shows that war is horrible, but fails to fully understand the people who experience the horror beyond their sad exteriors. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJoshua Land
Frustratingly little here grapples with the day-to-day realities of life in Chechnya and the surrounding areas. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Viewers will either be transported by Honkasalo's somber artistry or begging for someone to stick a gasoline-filled syringe into their veins...As art, 3 Rooms is magnificent, but as a viewing experience, it's almost impossible. Read full review
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