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Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)

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

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Average Rating: 8.7/10
Reviews Counted: 46
Fresh: 46 | Rotten: 0

A complex, stirring, and beautifully realized portrait of interconnected lives, Red is the captivating conclusion to a remarkable trilogy.

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Average Rating: 8.3/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 0

A complex, stirring, and beautifully realized portrait of interconnected lives, Red is the captivating conclusion to a remarkable trilogy.

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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.

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Art House & International, Drama

Mar 4, 2003

Miramax Films

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All Critics (46) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (0) | DVD (12)

The third and best feature of Krzysztof Kieslowski's highly ambitious Three Colors trilogy.

August 8, 2012 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
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Another deft, deeply affecting variation on Krzysztof Kieslowski's recurring theme that people are interconnected in ways they can barely fathom.

January 22, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety
Variety
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Stunningly beautiful, powerfully scored and immaculately performed, the film is virtually flawless, and one of the very greatest cinematic achievements of the last few decades. A masterpiece.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
Time Out
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Red succeeds so stirringly that it also bestows some much-needed magic upon its predecessors.

May 20, 2003
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
Salon.com
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Visually and emotionally, this is the director's warmest film.

January 1, 2000
TIME Magazine
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[Kieślowski's] microcosmic scrutiny of the world, sans judgment, suggests all things happen at once.

November 12, 2012 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine

A superb example of French arthouse which is also very watchable.

August 8, 2012 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine

It's a marvellous culmination of the trilogy, which together make some of the most fascinating stories in film.

August 8, 2012 Full Review Source: Film4
Film4

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
Groucho Reviews

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

December 17, 2011 Full Review Source: Turner Classic Movies Online
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
Slant Magazine

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

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

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

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

The most complicated and most celebrated of the trio.

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

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

January 7, 2005 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com
TheMovieReport.com

The last segment of Kiewsloski's Three Color trilogy (Blue, White) is the jewel in the crown, meditative and mystical as the others yet warmer and more accessible in large part due to Jacob and Trintingnant's appealing performances.

December 11, 2004 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
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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 from start to finish chronicling two very different people whose relationship does not feel contrived for a second. This is a passionate, intimate, subtle look on life and caring for other people, and it is thanks to two fine actors in Jacob and Trintignant that we care for these characters so much. This is a simple masterpiece that takes its time and never tries to "wow" you, but thanks to a well-controlled screenplay, as well as a devastatingly beautiful final act, it will remain lodged in your memory for eternity. Bravo!
December 20, 2011
Dan Schultz

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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 trilogy.
May 31, 2007
RossCollinsUK

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Foreign Titles

  • Drei Farben: Rot (DE)
  • Red (Trois couleurs Rouge) (UK)
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