The Third Wife

critic Reviews

, 88% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • The Third Wife uses one woman's experiences as the framework for a reserved period drama whose haunting beauty belies its devastating impact.
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    Roxana HadadiAWFJ.org
    The Third Wife spends its time considering the hidden depths of these women not only as defined by their individual wants but also by what society dictates upon them.
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    Matthew LickonaSan Diego Reader
    Perhaps most remarkable is the contrast between the intense interior drama and the lush, languorous world in which it rages.
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    David StrattonThe Australian
    It's certainly a curiosity for connoisseurs of Third World cinema.
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    Ty BurrBoston Globe
    There's a fury underlying this film that goes unexpressed to the point of almost going unacknowledged, and it saps "The Third Wife" of a strength and momentum it could use.
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    Jake WilsonThe Age (Australia)
    The Third Wife is more or less upfront about the element of sado-masochistic fantasy built into the scenario, oddly fused with the charm of a rural idyll.
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    G. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco Chronicle
    What we have here is a small, delicate mini-masterpiece, and bright new talent behind the camera.
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    Wilson KwongVCinema
    When it comes to cinemas growing need for more female voices, seeing someone like Mayfair create such a powerful debut is exactly what the medium needs right now.
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    Brett PardySeventh Row
    Ash Mayfair's The Third Wife is a powerful exercise in empathy, an exquisitely beautiful film on the surface which contains one of the bleakest portrayals of how patriarchy limits women's autonomy.
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    Sergio F. PinillaCinemanía (Spain)
    A pleasure for the senses that, unsurprisingly, delights. [Full review in Spanish]
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    Matt CipollaFilm Monthly
    The Third Wife should have a lot more to say and show, but it wastes its cultural specificity and philosophical core to tell a disappointingly universal tale.
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