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3 Women (1977)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:18

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.9/10

Rated: PG

Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Robert Altman delivers one of his most startlingly enigmatic pictures with 3 WOMEN. Inspired by a dream Altman had in which he was shooting a film in the desert, the film tells the story of a shy,... Robert Altman delivers one of his most startlingly enigmatic pictures with 3 WOMEN. Inspired by a dream Altman had in which he was shooting a film in the desert, the film tells the story of a shy, quiet girl named Pinky (Sissy Spacek), who starts working in a nursing home and strikes up a friendship with the talkative Millie (Shelley Duvall). The pair share an apartment and grow closer together, but a series of strange events cause their personas to change and morph in unexpected ways. Recalling the dreamy atmosphere of Ingmar Bergman's PERSONA, 3 WOMEN is Altman at his most deliriously inspired. [More]

Starring: Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule, Ruth Nelson

Starring: Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule, Ruth Nelson, John Cromwell, Robert Fortier

Director: Robert Altman

Director: Robert Altman
Story: Robert Altman

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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/16/08
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The first half...is some of Altman's best stuff. The second half downgrades into rather pretentious and dithering malarkey

Full Review Source: Perihelion Journal | comment Comment
10/02/06
Jay Antani
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Perihelion Journal
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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

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07/04/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Like a dream, it is most mysterious and allusive when it appears to be most precise and direct, when its images are of the recognizable world unretouched (as happens in the film from time to time) by camera filters or lab technicians.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/09/05
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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An incisive portrait of psychological alienation.

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05/03/05
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

I have seen it many times, been through it twice in shot-by-shot analysis, and yet it always seems to be happening as I watch it. Recurring dreams are like that.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
03/05/05
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Fascinating, elliptical and enigmantic ... authentic Altman. Altman.

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02/18/05
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

[A] strange, beautiful and funny film.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
06/07/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

A spectacular artistic success.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
06/04/04
Douglas Pratt
Douglas Pratt
Hollywood Reporter
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Drawing similarities to the central relationship in Persona, Altman’s impressionist work is difficult but, in its own way, sort of perfect.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
05/05/04
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

[Altman] pushed even harder against the envelope and in the process created a highly unusual and wholly original picture.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
04/28/04
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

3 Women is a daring piece of cinema that glides along the edge of weirdness and somehow manages not to fall off.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
04/22/04
Eric Henderson
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine

The end result is a film far more reminiscent of Polanski than Altman and stands as one of his most underseen but most compelling works.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
04/15/04
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

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02/13/04
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

3 Women is an intriguing film by Robert Altman that resides in the netherworld between dreaming and waking.

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01/23/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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10/24/02
Boo Allen
Boo Allen
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

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10/21/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

It ranks in the pantheon of great films about dreams.

Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com | comment Comment
07/03/02
Jeremy Heilman
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com

A gauzy, perfectly executed vacation in Doppelgänger-burg.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
06/25/02
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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