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Personal Velocity (2002)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:22
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: Uneven, but a keenly observed and well-acted film about three women's lives.
Theatrical Release:Nov 22, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $623,323
Synopsis: Three very different women confront life-changing decisions in this film derived from Rebecca Miller's book of short stories. Each woman has reached a turning point in her life. Delia (Kyra... [More]
Starring: Fairuza Balk, Parker Posey, Kyra Sedgwick, John Ventimiglia
Director: Rebecca Miller
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Reviews for Personal Velocity
Top CriticThis beautifully realized film retains the essential qualities of short fiction: precision, compactness, a focus on epiphanic moments.
12/13/02
Top CriticThese are complex characters.
12/13/02
Top CriticIt accumulates small details that gradually create a feeling of narrative intimacy.
12/13/02
Top CriticThree exquisite boutique films whose impact is much larger than many movies five times their size.
12/13/02
Top CriticRanging from funny to shattering and featuring some of the year's best acting, Personal Velocity gathers plenty of dramatic momentum.
12/13/02
Top CriticRedeemed by the fine performances and by the moody and effective digital photography of Ellen Kuras.
12/13/02
Top CriticHas a special, original urgency.
12/06/02
Top CriticA terrific film.
12/06/02
Top CriticA hit-and-miss affair.
12/06/02
Top CriticMy thoughts were focused on the characters. That is a compliment to Kuras and Miller. If I had been thinking about the visual medium, they would have been doing something wrong.
12/06/02
Top CriticVelocity represents everything wrong with ''independent film'' as a commodified, sold-out concept on the American filmmaking scene.
12/06/02
Top CriticBoasts the finest female ensemble of the year.
12/05/02
Top CriticKeenly observed triptych.
12/05/02
Top CriticTaken individually or collectively, the stories never add up to as much as they promise.
12/05/02
Top CriticI read the short stories by Rebecca Miller, and she did a wonderful job of bringing these stories to the screen.
12/02/02
Top CriticA movie that sets certain strict parameters for itself in terms of time, dramatic focus and technique, and then works modest but striking wonders within those self-imposed limitations.
11/29/02
Top CriticA drama that HBO would be proud to present on cable -- a drama that's often insightful and occasionally powerful but is still, at heart, a piece of television and not a work of film.
11/29/02
Top CriticIn a way, it plays like a dated feminist tract, one of those works that wants to show women making tough decisions and being emotionally resilient, but is at root about them being screwed over by men.
11/27/02
Top CriticA movie that at its best doesn't just make the most out of its characters' flaws but insists on the virtue of imperfection.
11/26/02
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