Viewers of Barney's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle will see nothing in it to match the ordeal of sitting through it.
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05/23/03
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Cremaster 3 (2002)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:23
Rotten:14
Average Rating:6.4/10
Theatrical Release:May 15, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $201,251
Synopsis: Giant cavemen stalk the meek through a rear projection landscape. Driverless automobiles smash a predecessor into a chrome mouth piece. Such is the wordless world of Matthew Barney's CREMASTER... [More]
Starring: Richard Serra, Aimee Mullins, Nesrin Karanouh, Matthew Barney
Director: Matthew Barney
Reviews for Cremaster 3
Top Criticthe longest and last of 'the Cremaster Cycle' is also Barney's crowning masterpiece.
02/02/04
Matthew Barney makes Peter Greenaway look like Joel Schumacher.
05/07/03
“Cremaster 3” should come with the warning “For serious film buffs only!”
05/22/03
"Cremaster 3" requires repeat viewings or fungal accompaniment of a magical nature, yet the film is completely mesmerizing.
05/17/03
Extremely accomplished filmmaking that's only in need of an editor. And perhaps a coherent story.
10/22/03
If you're hoping for a movie that makes sense, you're in for 3 very frustrating hours, it jumps from one bizarre 'performance piece' to another.
07/25/03
It's art of the highest order.
07/11/03
This epic film, eschewing dialogue and conventional narrative logic, tells a gripping tale of biological drama through a highly improbable series of evocative images, superb acting and editing, and haunting music.
04/29/03
An enthralling aesthetic experience, one that's steeped in mystery and a ravishing, baroque beauty.
06/19/02
The filmmaker ascends, literally, to the Olympus of the art world, but he would have done well to end this flawed, dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster.
06/04/03
Top CriticMatthew Barney's five-part, out-of-sequence Cremaster Cycle culminates with Cremaster 3, his most accomplished work to date.
06/07/02
The hypnotic imagery and fragmentary tale explore the connections between place and personal identity.
06/12/03
Top CriticIt offers little beyond the momentary joys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment.
06/19/02
Top CriticBrings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex, generous and subversive artworks of the last decade.
05/14/03
Cremaster 3 is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression.
06/19/02
Barney throws away the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull.
06/13/03
Exudes the fizz of a Busby Berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza.
06/20/02
Top CriticPersonifies experimental filmmaking pushed to new extremes.
08/29/03
It is either an unparalleled opportunity to witness the work of an artist proclaimed by some the 'most important American artist of his generation.' Or an obligation to witness the work of the artist etc., etc.
08/01/03
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