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Three Days of Rain (2002)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:4
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5.3/10
Theatrical Release:Sep 30, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Three Days of Rain is a compelling and humorous feature film inspired by six short stories from the great, 19th century Russian writer, Anton Chekhov. Writer and director Michael Meredith... [More]
Starring: Peter Falk, Don Meredith, Merle Kennedy, Erick Avari
Reviews for Three Days of Rain
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Meredith has created a mood piece that avoids self-indulgence as it explores the self-indulgent nature of a handful of diverse people, caught up in the major and minor miseries of life's foolish ironies and genuine woes. Full Review |
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Rain strives for a Magnolia-type tapestry of quiet desperation. But after 90 unremitting minutes of badly acted, atrociously written histrionic misery, pic leaves one praying for frogs. Full Review |
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A hypnotic mood piece -- where characters’ blank existential stares are framed through rain-beaded car windows -- and a murky riff on urban Midwestern ennui (by way of the Russian steppes). Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
It's simply a pleasure watching these seasoned pros, a collection of recognizable faces, if not exactly household names, massage these characters and bring them and their stories to life. Full Review |
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As a filmmaker, Meredith has a strong, if derivative, visual sense, although his screenplay is packed with too many clichés and familiar riffs. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
In the genre of interlocking stories about lonely lives, Three Days of Rain is only a sketch compared to the power of Rodrigo Garcia's Nine Lives, which continues to grow in my memory. Full Review |
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The ends of each story work beautifully, but getting there requires traveling some washed-out roads, despite the imprimatur of executive producer Wim Wenders. Full Review |
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A well-written and -acted drama that's also unrelentingly grim. Full Review |
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Inspired by Chekhov's short stories, Three Days of Rain belongs to the now-familiar genre of overlapping tales of urban desperation. Full Review |
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The real subversion is director Michael Meredith's insistence on not capturing interactions between human beings in a frame; with some forethought he could have filmed the actors individually and spliced. Full Review |
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