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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.
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The film showcases Kore-eda's skillful sense of characterization and ethical inquiry, asking viewers to think long and hard about the meaning of justice. Jan 17, 2019 | Full Review…
The film showcases Kore-eda's skillful sense of characterization and ethical inquiry, asking viewers to think long and hard about the meaning of justice.
Ben Sachs
"The Third Murder" features a handful of compelling performances, but winds up tied in knots. Oct 12, 2018 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
"The Third Murder" features a handful of compelling performances, but winds up tied in knots.
Adam Graham
Murder is endlessly fascinating, as the vast crime-fiction industry would indicate, and this one is no different. Aug 22, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Murder is endlessly fascinating, as the vast crime-fiction industry would indicate, and this one is no different.
Moira MacDonald
"The Third Murder" is an intriguing investigation into truth and the nature of justice. Those two aren't necessarily in sync. Aug 3, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
"The Third Murder" is an intriguing investigation into truth and the nature of justice. Those two aren't necessarily in sync.
G. Allen Johnson
The Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda has a quietly seductive way of finding the sublime in the mundane. Aug 3, 2018 | Full Review…
The Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda has a quietly seductive way of finding the sublime in the mundane.
Joe Morgenstern
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. Aug 2, 2018 | Full Review…
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.
Kenneth Turan
Eschewing the snappy edit typical of the thriller genre in favour of a dialogue-driven narrative, The Third Murder is a legal procedural with a difference; deliberate pacing requires full attention, creating an engrossing experience. Feb 28, 2019 | Full Review…
Eschewing the snappy edit typical of the thriller genre in favour of a dialogue-driven narrative, The Third Murder is a legal procedural with a difference; deliberate pacing requires full attention, creating an engrossing experience.
Naila Scargill
Big questions abound...and Koreeda provides no easy answers, making it clear that the solutions that work here are not universal. It keeps things intriguing, going some way to make up for the lacklustre central story. Feb 14, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Big questions abound...and Koreeda provides no easy answers, making it clear that the solutions that work here are not universal. It keeps things intriguing, going some way to make up for the lacklustre central story.
Jack Blackwell
Misumi may be on trial, but Kore-eda also interrogates the workings - often arbitrarily formulated, even prejudiced - of the Japanese justice system, & its slippery relationship to the higher notions of fairness & truth which it is supposed to serve. Feb 5, 2019 | Full Review…
Misumi may be on trial, but Kore-eda also interrogates the workings - often arbitrarily formulated, even prejudiced - of the Japanese justice system, & its slippery relationship to the higher notions of fairness & truth which it is supposed to serve.
Anton Bitel
There's nothing wrong with experimenting new directions and Koreeda should be praised for his courage. Jan 29, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
There's nothing wrong with experimenting new directions and Koreeda should be praised for his courage.
Filipe Freitas
The story is astute enough to hide the themes behind the substantial layers that compose The Third Murder. [Full Review in Spanish] Jan 18, 2019 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
The story is astute enough to hide the themes behind the substantial layers that compose The Third Murder. [Full Review in Spanish]
Elizabeth Limón
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. Nov 18, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
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.
Sarah Cartland
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