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06/22/06
Three Times (2006)
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Reviews Counted:50
Fresh:43
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: Slowly paced, understated, and exquisitely shot, these are three lovely odes to love and longing.
Theatrical Release:Apr 26, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: The film features three different stories of love and memory through three time periods, 1966, 1911 and 2005. The first, "A Time for Love," hinges on the meeting of soldier boy Chen with pool hall... [More]
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Reviews for Three Times
Top CriticFilmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien tries to tell three tales of romance during different parts of the 20th and 21st centuries. But he winds up stretching a modestly interesting premise out too long -- over more than two hours.
06/09/06
The film is probably too slow, too silent and too long for most audiences. But look beyond the quietness, and you'll discover a three-gem jewel.
05/19/06
Can a film be exquisite and, at the same time, less than one hoped for? This question arose as Three Times unfolded.
05/19/06
A discreetly cosmic, majestic trilogy.
05/13/06
Top CriticThe deceptive simplicity of these vignettes, written by Chu Tien-wen, throws into relief Hou's formidable storytelling strengths and visual acuity -- his way with actors, his subtlety and expressiveness.
05/12/06
Top CriticI urge you to see the ineffably beautiful Three Times however you can, lest you go on thinking that Hou’s greatness is merely the supposition of obscurantist critics.
05/10/06
Love is messy, desperate, inconclusive and wonderful -- even for little moments -- in any time. And Hou has done it justice with this new masterpiece.
05/04/06
Three Times is the kind of film...that requires the viewer to make an investment, both of intellect and of time, to appreciate it.
05/04/06
Do Hou's films deserve to be seen? Absolutely, if only to end the myth that they're too perfect for this world.
05/03/06
Top CriticWhile he's never received the same adulation in the West as Wong Kar-Wai ... Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien is his equal when it comes to mapping desire and loss.
05/02/06
This film was designed to win film festival prizes and leave the regular audiences in the dust.
05/01/06
a meditation on how words, poetry and music connect us to time, place and each other
04/30/06
... a lyrical, subtle, chaste and nearly wordless romance between a giggly pool-hall hostess and a former customer on a one-night leave from the military.
04/28/06
Top CriticLike all of Hou's films, Three Times is beautifully shot -- a painting come to life. And like most of his movies, it's utterly compelling.
04/28/06
The first section of "Three Times" is fabulous; the second is fascinating if remote; and the third a jangly, modernist mess.
04/27/06
Top CriticAccording to one American critic, Three Times is 'why cinema exists.' Only if you think that cinema has no higher calling that presenting a long series of gorgeously lit closeups of beautiful actresses are you likely to agree.
04/27/06
Top CriticFor the uninitiated, Three Times presents an ideal primer, a condensed K-Tel collection of themes that have consistently reappeared throughout Hou Hsiao-hsien's career.
04/27/06
It's simply one of the most beautiful films he's made to date.
04/26/06
Three Times is anchored by the performance of Shu Qi.
04/26/06
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