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Critics Consensus: The Third Murder makes satisfying work of its weighty themes, even if it doesn't quite stand with writer-director Hirokazu Koreeda's best efforts.
Critic Consensus: The Third Murder makes satisfying work of its weighty themes, even if it doesn't quite stand with writer-director Hirokazu Koreeda's best efforts.
All Critics (69) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (58) | Rotten (11)
"The Third Murder" features a handful of compelling performances, but winds up tied in knots.
Murder is endlessly fascinating, as the vast crime-fiction industry would indicate, and this one is no different.
"The Third Murder" is an intriguing investigation into truth and the nature of justice. Those two aren't necessarily in sync.
The Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda has a quietly seductive way of finding the sublime in the mundane.
Kore-eda is too polished a filmmaker for "The Third Murder" not to be of interest, but its focus is finally too fuzzy to compel the way the best of the director's work does.
Despite some tense dramatic moments and some revealing views of Japan's legal system, the movie feels plotted rather than experienced.
A murder mystery with more twists than a 1960s dancefloor. It's definitely gripping, and superbly acted, though I'll not deny it's also frustrating; as we try to work out who is being played.
The film works best when Koreeda is able to impress his aesthetic on the story.
The Third Murder reminds us that the death sentence cannot hope to offer the satisfaction that its brutal finality suggests.
A bold gamble for one of the most humanistic filmmakers working today that very much pays off. [Kore-eda] has created a morally complex, thematically enthralling film.
The Third Murder is a deep and intriguing moral puzzle encompassing many aspects, which will stay with you long after it's over.
Utilizing some of Japan's finest and most notable actors to mirror warring sides of discourse, the departure in tone still bears Kore-eda's refined, controlled aesthetic.
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