The Three Marias
Empire Pictures Inc. | Release Date: May 30, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
This strikingly unusual movie is at once an old-fashioned melodrama, a boldly stylized spectacle, and a very grim fairy tale, acted and directed with originality and flair. Read full review
70
VarietyDeborah Young
Fresh and offbeat tale of vendetta. Read full review
60
Film ThreatEric Campos
This Brazilian thriller blows a heck of a lot of hot air, but really doesn’t deliver on the ass-kickings it so threatens. Read full review
50
Village VoiceLeslie Camhi
He's (director Abranches) so focused on creating a strikingly mannerist visual style that he forgets to flesh out his plot and characters. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Abranches intends for a religious parable by way of Greek tragedy, but the film drowns in a morass of portentous signs and poetic symbols. Read full review
40
The New York TimesPauline Kael
Its emotional climate is too extreme to invite identification, and its characters are too single-minded in their revenge to evoke pity, terror or even much interest. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The film has all the pregnant pauses, exaggerated reaction shots and melodramatic scoring of an overripe telenovela, but, unlike a good soap opera, the sisters' separate story lines are clumsily balanced. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
A series of third-act complications provides much-needed narrative surprise, but until then, The Three Marias is a disappointingly flavorless genre exercise. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
The leaden pacing, somnambulant performances and incessant symbolism in nearly every shot will soon have you thinking that The Three Marias is three too many. Read full review
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