Three Monkeys

Name: Three Monkeys
Genre: Drama
Released: May 1, 2009
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 73

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Zeitgeist Films | Release Date: May 1, 2009 | Unrated

Summary: Three Monkeys tells a twisty, noirish tale that opens with an ambitious politician fleeing a hit-and-run accident. Afraid of hurting his election chances, he pays off his chauffeur Eyüp to take the rap. The film concerns the effects of this devil’s bargain on Eyüp’s family as simmering tensions and sexual intrigue wreak havoc in a householdThree Monkeys tells a twisty, noirish tale that opens with an ambitious politician fleeing a hit-and-run accident. Afraid of hurting his election chances, he pays off his chauffeur Eyüp to take the rap. The film concerns the effects of this devil’s bargain on Eyüp’s family as simmering tensions and sexual intrigue wreak havoc in a household already haunted by hidden ghosts. (Zeitgeist Films)… Expand

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 109 min

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Michael Phillips

Certain things in Three Monkeys can only be described as brilliant. Read full review

Sean Axmaker

Ceylan has an unerring gift for camera placement, and his slow, measured scenes can be as hypnotic as they are lovely -- at times, too much so, with the characters constrained by his poetic perfection. Read full review

Ella Taylor

Ceylan’s departure from his moody sonatas "Distant" and "Climates" into more plotted film noir is equal parts Bresson and Buñuel, a merciless etching of the indiscreet charmlessness of the Turkish bourgeoisie, which sharply raises the stakes on that class’s petty hypocrisy and serial betrayals. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The film has extraordinary beauty. Indeed, the visuals by cinematographer Gokhan Tiryaki are so awesome that the characters almost seem belittled, which may be Ceylan's purpose. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Though Three Monkeys feels conventional compared with Ceylan's other work, it maintains its auteurist imprint, especially the rich colour palette and suggestive HD camerawork that helped Ceylan take the best-director honours at Cannes this year. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

This is powerful filmmaking for discerning viewers. Read full review

Walter Addiego

While recognizably Ceylan's work, is more of a genre piece - a noirish suspense film - and less successful. Read full review

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