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Three Colors: White (Trzy kolory: Bialy) (Trois Couleurs: Blanc) (1994)

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Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 0

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Second of a trilogy of films dealing with contemporary French society shows a man dealing with a Polish immigrant whose wife wants to divorce him because he can't perform in bed.

Mar 4, 2003

Miramax Films

All Critics (37) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (33) | Rotten (3) | DVD (15)

How could the creator of Blue, the story of a woman who grieves by moping around Paris in a chichi haircut, possibly have followed it with such a rich, light-handed marvel?

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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Kieslowski, who so keenly satirized the crippling excesses of communism in his earlier work, unflinchingly has a go at training-wheels capitalism, but not without affection for the thawing tundra of his beleaguered mother country.

June 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Salon.com | Comment
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A continuing testament to the Polish director's poetic mastery.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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In White, which details the agonies of obsessive love, [Kieslowski's] story is more realistic, and his style more prosaic, but the results are no less inscrutable -- and no less engaging.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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The film works fine on its own.

January 1, 2000 Comment
TIME Magazine
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It's probably the friendliest, most enjoyable movie the Polish filmmaker has made.

January 1, 2000 Comment
Film.com
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Karol Karol embodies his homeland, going for broke--in criminal fashion, if necessary--to stake its claim as a player in the European landscape. [Blu-ray]

December 31, 2011 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | Comment

... not so much a black comedy as a wicked satire in the cold white light of Polish winter, which (as you would expect) informs the color palette of this film.

December 17, 2011 Full Review Source: Parallax View | Comment
Parallax View

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 | Comment
Slant Magazine

an odd seriocomic film

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

The second installment in the color trilogy is a black, whimsical comedy about the distortions of equality--and love. Lead actor Zamachowski bears resemblance to the little tramp; reportedly director Kieslowski asked him to watch Chaplin pictures.

December 21, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

Originally told and surprisingly funny.

August 30, 2006 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

[A] slightly comical story.

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

The least of Kieslowski's Trois couleurs, at worst a minor film by a major talent.

March 11, 2004 Comment

Funny with a great tinge of irony.

January 13, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Three Colors: White (Trzy kolory: Bialy) (Trois Couleurs: Blanc)

A breezy, light-hearted dramady concerning a recently divorced, devastated tramp (Zbigniew Zamachowski) who struggles to start a new life away from his ex-wife (Julie Delpy), who he still loves. Unlike 'Blue' (still a fine film overall), this movie flies. It is funny, has a lovable lead character, and is both a

December 18, 2011
Dan Schultz

Super Reviewer

A comical sequel on "equality" that develops a story that appeared as a fleeting cameo in Blue. It's a very typical Eastern European kind of absurd humour that can be a bit silly at times, but is always entertaining.

March 6, 2009
RossCollinsUK

Super Reviewer

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