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  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 19 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 19 m

Summary Hou Hsiao-hsien delivers one of the most rapturously beautiful and romantic movies of the year. Told as three love stories, each set in a different era -- a 1966 pool hall, a 1911 brothel and present day Taipei. The film stars the same actors in all three sections -- Shu Qi and Chang Chen. (IFC Films)

Directed By: Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Written By: T'ien-wen Chu, Hsiao-Hsien Hou

  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 19 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 19 m

Three Times

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 22 Critic Reviews
must-see
82
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
8.0
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Summary Hou Hsiao-hsien delivers one of the most rapturously beautiful and romantic movies of the year. Told as three love stories, each set in a different era -- a 1966 pool hall, a 1911 brothel and present day Taipei. The film stars the same actors in all three sections -- Shu Qi and Chang Chen. (IFC Films)

Directed By: Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Written By: T'ien-wen Chu, Hsiao-Hsien Hou

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Shu Qi

May (segment "A Time for Love"), Courtesan (segment "A Time for Freedom"), Jing (segment "A Time for Youth")

Chang Chen

Chen (segment "A Time for Love"), Mr. Chang (segment "A Time for Freedom"), Zhen (segment "A Time for Youth")

Fang Mei

Old Woman (segment "A Time for Freedom"), Grandmother (segment "A Time for Youth")

Shu-Chen Liao

Hostess (segment "A Time for Love"), Madam (segment "A Time for Freedom"), Jing's mother (segment "A Time for Youth")

Mei Di

May's mother (segment "A Time for Love"), Madam (segment "A Time for Freedom"), Aunt (segment "A Time for Youth")

Shi-Shan Chen

Haruko (segment "A Time for Love"), Ah Mei (segment "A Time for Freedom"), Blue (segment "A Time for Youth")

Pei-Hsuan Lee

Yue (segment "A Time for Love"), Micky (segment "A Time for Youth")

Yi-Hua Chang

Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love")

Hung-Yi Hsiao

Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love")

Hui-ni Hsu

Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love")

Pei-Te Hsu

Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love")Mr. Su (segment "A Time for Freedom"), Skeet (segment "A Time for Youth")

Chi Feng Hung

Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love")

Lawrence Ko

(segment "A Time for Love")

Ling-Tzu Liao

Passenger (segment "A Time for Love"), Maid (segment "A Time for Freedom")

Fu-Han Lyu

Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love"), Friend (segment "A Time for Youth")

Kuo-Chih Shu

Master Su (segment "A Time for Freedom")

Chih-cheng Wang

Middleman (segment "A Time for Freedom")

Wei-liu Wang

Housekeeper (segment "A Time for Freedom")

Yu-Chun Yu

Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love")

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 22 Critic Reviews
82
91% Positive
20 Reviews
9% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 22 Critic Reviews
82
91% Positive
20 Reviews
9% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews

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100
The style is pure Hou: richly textured atmosphere, tiptoeing camerawork and long, languorous takes of scenes full of privileged moments of human activity.
By Sean Axmaker FULL REVIEW
100
Three Times is great cinema, pop romance that carries a special charge.
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
90
Finds Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien at his most intimate and romantic. 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.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
80
Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's hypnotically beautiful cinematic trilogy Three Times doesn't just illuminate faces and objects; it seems to fill them up, as if they were lighted from within.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
75
A lyrical, subtle, chaste and nearly wordless romance.
By Jami Bernard FULL REVIEW
70
Less accessible than recent "Cafe Lumiere," picture will appeal strongly to fans.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
60
The film's trouble is in what happens in each section: not enough. Once the atmosphere of each period is established, the story is too weak to interest--and the characterizations are too thin to compensate.
By Stanley Kauffmann FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
8.0
86% Positive
6 Ratings
14% Mixed
1 Rating
0% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
8.0
86% Positive
6 Ratings
14% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company 3H Films, Orly Films, Paradis Films, Sinomovie
Release Date Apr 26, 2006
Duration 2 h 19 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Golden Horse Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 11 Nominations
Asian Film Critics Association Awards
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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