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Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThis strikingly unusual movie is at once an old-fashioned melodrama, a boldly stylized spectacle, and a very grim fairy tale, acted and directed with originality and flair.
- 70VarietyDeborah YoungVarietyDeborah YoungFresh and offbeat tale of vendetta.
- 60Film ThreatEric CamposFilm ThreatEric CamposThis Brazilian thriller blows a heck of a lot of hot air, but really doesn’t deliver on the ass-kickings it so threatens.
- 50Village VoiceLeslie CamhiVillage VoiceLeslie CamhiHe's (director Abranches) so focused on creating a strikingly mannerist visual style that he forgets to flesh out his plot and characters.
- 50New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAbranches intends for a religious parable by way of Greek tragedy, but the film drowns in a morass of portentous signs and poetic symbols.
- 40The New York TimesPauline KaelThe New York TimesPauline KaelIts emotional climate is too extreme to invite identification, and its characters are too single-minded in their revenge to evoke pity, terror or even much interest.
- 30The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayA series of third-act complications provides much-needed narrative surprise, but until then, The Three Marias is a disappointingly flavorless genre exercise.
- 25New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThe leaden pacing, somnambulant performances and incessant symbolism in nearly every shot will soon have you thinking that The Three Marias is three too many.