3 Women
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8.9 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 14 Ratings

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  1. SamanthaT.
    May 15, 2004
    8
    I saw this movie when I was in college back in 1977. It definitely made an impression on me (I remembered the title), and for many years I tried to find it at Blockbuster and in movie catalogues. It was never listed as a film that Sissy Spacek or Shelley Duvall was in, even though I knew they were in it! Glad it has been released as now I know I'm not crazy for thinking I actually saw it!
  2. ClintH.
    Jul 3, 2005
    8
    Shelley DuVall should have gotten an Oscar Nomination. Superbly acted study of the way cliques work. One of the best feminist films ever made.
  3. Taylor
    Aug 13, 2003
    10
    An utter masterpiece. Period. No argument.
  4. RobC.
    Apr 23, 2004
    10
    Amazing stuff. Pre-Lynch Lynch!
  5. ArmondA.
    Aug 31, 2005
    10
    Everyone who saw this film and enjoyed it seems to have seen his own personal piece of cinema. While the individual elements are highly distinctive, enabling its enthusiasts to know that they are indeed discussing the same movie, I believe that NOBODY knows what "it" is about, including the people who made it. Yet after 30 years the film remains a very good work of art that says what it says in exactly the way that it says it. We accept that paintings, poems, and piano concertos inform and move us in ways that do not translate into prose essays. But if you must have proof that this is more than an exercise in film-school experimentalism, the performances of the Three Women who star are just superb, giving us precisely drawn people who take up permanent residence in your own life history.… Expand
  6. barnet42
    Oct 3, 2012
    10
    I like this movie because sissy spacek is in it she is a very good actress !!! Why A Carrie Remake, in God's name?!!!! It's a perfect film! Brian de Palma filmed it perfectly, Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie are absolutely perfect ,they both got Oscar nominations out of it, for God sake!
  7. oakridge
    May 2, 2013
    10
    A dreamlike film with no pat ending. This is Robert Altman's best film and a showcase for both Sissy Spacek and Shelley Duvall, who are amazing in this hypnotic example of 70'S cinema at its best.

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Metascore
71 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    50
    Today, the movie doesn't portend Altman's subsequent tailspin into irrelevance as much as it suggests a restlessness with the comic realism he had mastered.
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  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    80
    A film such as this, which relies on mood, atmosphere, and ideas, rather than plot, depends on its acting to be effective, and the entire cast is extraordinary, with Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek both giving their finest performance ever.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    80
    Absorbing moody and often compelling story.
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