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Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) (1994)

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Average Rating: 8.2/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 0

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A beautiful model named Valentine crosses paths with a retired judge, whose dog she runs over with her car. The lonely judge, she discovers, amuses himself by eavesdropping on all of his neighbors' phone conversations. Near Valentine's apartment lives a young man who aspires to be a judge and loves a woman who will betray him. From these characters' proximity comes spiritual kinship and mutual redemption.

R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Mar 4, 2003

Miramax Films

All Critics (52) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (1) | DVD (14)

Red succeeds so stirringly that it also bestows some much-needed magic upon its predecessors.

May 20, 2003 Comment
New York Times
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Undaunted by the tremendous emotional and moral valence he has by now invited us to expect, Kieslowski controls the film magnificently, putting to use the shapely formal precision he took an entire career to work out.

June 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Salon.com | Comment
Salon.com
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What makes Red watchable is Kieslowski's arresting visual sense.

January 1, 2000 Comment (1)
Film.com
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This is the kind of film that makes you feel intensely alive while you're watching it.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Chicago Sun-Times
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A subtle masterpiece.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
ReelViews
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Explores fraternity in large part as much through the dynamic of neighbors and community as through potential one-on-one friendships or romances. [Blu-ray]

December 31, 2011 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | Comment

... the most densely and deftly woven of the three films.

December 17, 2011 Full Review Source: Turner Classic Movies Online | Comment
Turner Classic Movies Online

Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colors remains a vibrant, mesmerizing experience, presented in superb 1080p and expertly augmented with a bounteous spectrum of special features by the Criterion Collection.

December 4, 2011 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

a beautiful film both emotionally and philosophically, not to mention aesthetically

November 27, 2011 Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | Comment
Q Network Film Desk

the narrative seems delicate but precise, and it is difficult to say why the story and the images are so captivating, except that the film’s modulation of revelation, beauty and anticipation is exquisite.

June 14, 2007 Comment

A truly remarkable film -- nothing short of a masterpiece.

March 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The most complicated and most celebrated of the trio.

July 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

An engrossing meditation on fate, chance, and parallel lives.

January 7, 2005 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)

A stirring, fitting final chapter to director Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Three Colors" trilogy, dealing with a model (Irene Jacob) who starts a relationship with a reclusive judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) after a terrible accident. Where "Blue" missed a compelling complementary character to its lead star, "Red" shines

December 20, 2011
Dan Schultz

Super Reviewer

Somewhat surreal and intriguing story, set around the beautiful Lake Geneva, of a young woman just starting out in life meeting a cynical old man who helps her find her way and in return gives him the peaceful release he needs. The pace is a bit slow in the early stages but it builds up to form the best movie in the

May 31, 2007
RossCollinsUK

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