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Three Times
2005 2h 10m Not Rated
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6.9
86%
71%
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Three stories set in three times, 1911, 1966 and 2005. Two actors play the two main characters in each story.
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Directed By
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Written By
Hou Hsiao-hsien
,
Chu Tien-wen
Studio
Sino Movie
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3-H Films
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Buy $19.99
Cast of Three Times
Shu Qi
May / Courtesan / Jing
Chang Chen
Chen / Mr. Chang / Zhen
Su-jen Liao
Hostess / Madam / Jing's Mother
Mei Di
May's Mother / Madam / Aunt
Chen Shi-Zheng
Haruko / Ah Mei / Blue
Lee Pei-Hsuan
Yue / Mickey
Mei Fang
Old Woman
Lawrence Ko Yu-Luen
Three Times Reviews
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
An emotional journey, a showcase for two fine actors, and a multifaceted picture of love.
Miami Herald
Marta Barber
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.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
A film to get lost in, a fragmentary, impressionistic trilogy of fleeting moments of love that is one of the best films of the year.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Can a film be exquisite and, at the same time, less than one hoped for? This question arose as Three Times unfolded.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Great cinema, pop romance that carries a special charge.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
A discreetly cosmic, majestic trilogy.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Three varieties of love: unfulfilled, mercenary, meaningless. All photographed with such visual beauty that watching the movie is like holding your breath so the butterfly won't stir.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Seen in isolation, the first episode has the most satisfying plot and the last the least. But the film's achievement lies mostly in the beautifully articulated similarities and differences among the three.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
The 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.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Three Times is anchored by the performance of Shu Qi.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
For 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.
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
... 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.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
A trilogy of desire from the Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien in which the same actress and actor play variations on lovers in three distinct historical periods.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
While it's impossible to deny that the film is interesting and unique, it's not the kind of motion picture that will cause the average viewer to run out and urge his friends to make a trip to one of the obscure art houses where it's playing.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Do Hou's films deserve to be seen? Absolutely, if only to end the myth that they're too perfect for this world.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
The first section of "Three Times" is fabulous; the second is fascinating if remote; and the third a jangly, modernist mess.
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Is there another filmmaker who can so fluidly celebrate the moment as well as the epoch, and do so in the same shot?
Variety
Jay Weissberg
Synthesizing Hou Hsiao-hsien's ambivalent relationship with time and memory, Three Times forms a handy connecting arc between the Taiwanese helmer's earlier work and the increasingly fragmentary direction of his recent films.
Hollywood Reporter
Richard James Havis
In spite of its undeniable aesthetic and cinematic value, though, the film lacks the emotional engagement and social importance of [the director's] classic work of the 1980s and early '90s.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
The three stories here are satisfying in a novella-like way. These are vignettes with smudged edges, snapshots of feelings, and yet they feel emotionally complete.
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