Three Colors: White
Miramax | Release Date: June 10, 1994 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
91
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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100
CineVuePatrick Gamble
Three Colours: White brings Kieślowski back to his Polish roots and explores issues of equality through nationality and the fragile dynamic of marriage. Read full review
100
The New York TimesCaryn James
Throughout, White is filled with exquisite scenes that don't press too hard...and those moments are all the richer for their understatement. Read full review
100
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Kryzstof Kieslowski's White...is a continuing testament to the Polish director's poetic mastery. Like all of Kieslowski's works, White articulates a whole language of sensations, images, ironies and mystery -- often with a minimum of dialogue. But it is no rarefied, abstract exercise. The movie...aches with human dimension. Read full review
100
The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
What a strange confection White is – an opera of male agony and outrageously implausible picaresque adventure. Yet it succeeds amazingly on its own melodramatic terms. Read full review
90
The GuardianDerek Malcolm
The film specialises as much in a kind of ironic gallows humour as in laughter pure and simple, but bitterness is also avoided - which is a small miracle in itself considering the subject matter and the setting. Read full review
90
VarietyLisa Nesselson
The entertaining second seg of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Three Colors” trilogy is involving, bittersweet and droll. A fine lead perf from Zbigniew Zamachowski anchors an ingenious rags-to-riches tale of revenge filtered through abiding love. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
At heart, White is a black comedy with intriguing characters and a plot that plays its cards close to the deck. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
All of these films approach their subjects with such irony that we cannot take them at face value; "White" is the anti-comedy, in between the anti-tragedy and the anti-romance. Read full review
80
EmpireSteve Beard
Kieslowski plays all this for laughs, and the anti-capitalist satire which fuels Karol's rake's progress remains the most satisfying part of the film. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Despite its flaws, White is an excellent character study, and the presentation of a twisted love story is compelling. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
There’s something earthy and elemental in this tale that was missing in Blue, something quirky and (measured by Kieslowskian standards) energetic. Read full review
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