Third Person
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: June 20, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
15
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Miami HeraldConnie OgleJul 2, 2014
Derivative and self-important, Third Person is a concept and not much more, precisely the sort of film that makes you wonder why anybody would bother to see it at all. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJun 26, 2014
How much of what we see in Third Person is the novelist's invention is part of the guessing game that goes on and on. And. On. Read full review
37
Washington PostAnn HornadayJun 26, 2014
As is true with so much of Haggis’s work, Third Person suffers from an airless, too-neat lack of connection with organic life. Read full review
30
TheWrapDiane GarrettJun 20, 2014
Third Person is an intricately constructed but unaffecting bore. Kinder people might call it an “interesting failure,” but to earn that label it would need to be interesting. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJun 19, 2014
The storytelling is infuriatingly coy, as if Mr. Haggis were trying to fool you (and himself) into thinking that he has something to say. Third Person finds Mr. Haggis, like Mr. Neeson’s screen alter ego, running on empty. Read full review
30
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonJun 17, 2014
When the head-scratching impossibilities are more irritating than intriguing, does the last-second explanation outweigh the two hours we've spent rolling our eyes? Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jun 18, 2014
As schematic as Third Person is on a whole, it’s downright risible on a moment-to-moment basis. Read full review
20
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJul 11, 2014
It's also deeply flawed, an emotionally exhausting film with a payoff that is limited at best, and a bit self-indulgent to boot. So while Haggis has proven himself a first-rate filmmaker and storyteller, by his standards, Third Person is little more than a second-rate effort. Read full review
20
The GuardianCatherine ShoardApr 18, 2014
Third Person is a work of staggering trash; an ensemble drama with the aesthetic of an in-flight magazine, but less classy writing. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle SmithJun 18, 2014
Paul Haggis’ Third Person has nothing to say and spends 2 ¹/₂ hours not saying it. Its combination of pretentiousness, vanity and vapidity suggests Alain Resnais directing a triple episode of “Guiding Light.” Read full review
0
Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneJun 18, 2014
If the glue holding Crash's arcs together was Paul Haggis's belief in the power of racism, this time it's love. Read full review
0
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthApr 18, 2014
Third Person is an audacious failure, one that even its starry cast can't save. With a trite script, and an even more glib thematic undercurrent, Third Person is nothing short of an outright embarrassment. Read full review
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