3 Women

3 Women (1977)

  • 95% of critics liked it
    (22 reviews)

  • 85% of users liked it
    (6,008 ratings)

Robert Altman's Three Women takes a surreal, improvisational and rather eerie look at the lives of three women in a western desert town. The plot centers around the youngest of the women, Pinky (Sissy Spacek), an eccentric, withdrawn woman trying to begin a new life. She finds work as an attendant… More

PG, 2 hr. 5 min.
Directed By
Robert Altman
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Apr 3, 1977 Wide
On DVD
Apr 20, 2004

Critic Reviews

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    Like a dream, it is most mysterious and allusive when it appears to be most precise and direct, when its images are of the recognizable world unretouched (as happens in the film from time to time) by camera filters or lab technicians.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    I have seen it many times, been through it twice in shot-by-shot analysis, and yet it always seems to be happening as I watch it. Recurring dreams are like that.

  • Douglas Pratt, Hollywood Reporter

    A spectacular artistic success.

  • Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

    A gauzy, perfectly executed vacation in Doppelgänger-burg.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    Robert Altman's would-be American art film (1977) is murky, snide, and sloppy.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Randy T


    Robert Altman writes, produces and directs this film about the confluence of three 'damaged' women and their problematic interactions. The plot seems to meander here and there but Altman has a knack for getting an audience from point A to point B by way of points C, G and… More

  • Graham J


    Altman's surreal masterpiece and Shelley Duvall's greatest performance.

  • Steven C


    Robert Altman's "3 Women" was conceived in a dream and subsequently structured like one. Obviously, this has it pros and cons. While I suspect there is no clear one meaning to the film, it should mean something different to each viewer. The acting on display here is top… More

  • Pierluigi P


    A surreal tale of emotional vampirism. Key proof that there is no need to fully understand a film to find it utterly fascinating.

  • Stella D


    an impressionist masterpiece from altman quite unlike his other works. the heavy symbolism, the desert setting (it sure does look like texas), water everywhere (spas, swimming pools, fish tanks), the wonderful mythic paintings, atonal soundtrack, and startling performances… More

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