Miroirs No. 3
1-2 Special | Release Date: March 20, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Little White LiesDavid JenkinsApr 27, 2026
As with the titular Ravel piece, this is a work that is mellifluous, melodious and mysterious in equal measure. A Sphinx-like Beer, once again, seems to connect with her director on a level which transcends the purely professional, and through her economic yet forceful use of body language and expression, she makes certain that the film adheres perfectly to Petzold’s immaculate calculations. Read full review
90
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreMar 24, 2026
Miroirs No. 3 has nothing on Phoenix, Petzold’s post–World War II masterpiece about a woman haunting her own life, but it is entrancing. The key to its unsettling pleasures is the way it acknowledges that what is happening is disturbing only if one of its characters says it is. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMar 20, 2026
Somewhat miraculously, we’re carried out of this consequential collision of hearts and minds on the lightest of notes, with the sense that our capacity to rediscover harmony will always be beautifully mysterious. Read full review
90
The New York TimesManohla DargisMar 19, 2026
These cinematic allusions are catnip to film lovers, and while they’re pleasurable to consider they’re so delicately woven into the story that they never distract from the characters or the emotion, or edge into directorial cleverness. Read full review
90
The Daily BeastNick SchagerSep 9, 2025
A beguiling psychodrama about familial fractures, slippery identity, and the difficult means by which people move on from tragedy. Read full review
88
The Associated PressJake CoyleMar 25, 2026
[Petzold] turns “Miroirs,” a slender and sweet 86-minute puzzle, into one of the more lovely and profound little movies about how hearts can be mended by just opening a door. Read full review
83
The Film StageLuke HicksMay 19, 2025
It’s textbook Petzold, which I mean as a major compliment. Don’t expect all of the mysteries to be uncovered. There is no big explainer moment or narratively satisfying closure, the likes of which Petzold rejects, but the enigmas that do reveal themselves yield rare treasures. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 16, 2026
It is highly diverting, elegantly contrived study of an unhappy family group and the cuckoo in its nest. Read full review
80
VarietyGuy LodgeMay 19, 2025
This 86-minute puzzle piece isn’t one of the director’s major works, but is distinguished by his trademark pleasures of texture and tone — and pushes his ongoing collaboration with star Paula Beer into ever more enigmatic territory. Read full review
80
Screen DailyWendy IdeMay 19, 2025
Although it’s a wisp of a thing, it delivers rich rewards. Mirrors No. 3 (which takes its title from the third movement of a Ravel piano suite) is an elegant demonstration of what can be achieved with limited ingredients in the hands of an inventive creative team and a first-rate cast. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comClint WorthingtonMar 20, 2026
Miroirs No. 3 feels positively Hitchcockian, a recurring preoccupation of Petzold’s oeuvre; shades of “Vertigo” abound as characters attempt to replace what’s missing in their lives with doppelgangers willing to fill that role. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineBrad HanfordOct 7, 2025
Christian Petzold has crafted yet another sneakily trenchant commentary on How We Live Now. Read full review
75
IndieWireRyan LattanzioMay 19, 2025
Christian Petzold‘s gossamer latest film, Mirrors No. 3, is as compact as a novella, as ephemeral in its emotion, as delicate in register as one of the Chopin or Ravel pieces that float through it. Read full review
70
The RevealScott TobiasMar 27, 2026
The true puzzle here is grief, that nebulous process where there’s no clear answer or road map, just behaviors and rituals that feel distinctly removed from the flow of everyday life. Petzold and his cast spend time in that stream, and it’s an alluring feeling to drift along with them. Read full review
70
ColliderRoss BonaimeNov 7, 2025
Miroirs No. 3 is enthralling from beginning to end, a smart, often heartbreaking story that thrives in its simplicity. Read full review
70
Screen RantGregory NussenOct 31, 2025
Miroirs No. 3 is a bucolic, poetic film of simple beauty with light, magical touches about the ability of a stranger’s love. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyMay 19, 2025
It’s a minor work for the director and its emotional heft feels softer than usual, but even his lesser films can be compelling, and Beer is never less than transfixing. Read full review
60
Time OutKaleem AftabApr 10, 2026
A film about the unknowability of grief ends up feeling a little too unknowable itself. Read full review
58
The PlaylistElena LazicMay 19, 2025
While Mirrors No.3 does not put a foot wrong, it does not display the narrative and formal intricacy we have come to expect from the director either. After the film elegantly sets its mechanisms in motion, we are left to watch the cogs turn without a hitch, but also without much surprise. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesMar 26, 2026
What surprised me about Petzold’s latest is how ultimately straightforward, even slight, it felt upon conclusion, even with certain questions left aggravatingly open-ended. Read full review
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