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  • 2022
  • R
  • United Artists Releasing
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2022
  • R
  • United Artists Releasing
  • 1 h 48 m

Summary Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic - content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because she is a scholar...

Directed By: George Miller

Written By: Augusta Gore, A.S. Byatt, George Miller

  • 2022
  • R
  • United Artists Releasing
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2022
  • R
  • United Artists Releasing
  • 1 h 48 m

Three Thousand Years of Longing

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 52 Critic Reviews
60
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 108 User Ratings
6.5
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Summary Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic - content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because she is a scholar...

Directed By: George Miller

Written By: Augusta Gore, A.S. Byatt, George Miller

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 52 Critic Reviews
60
46% Positive
24 Reviews
48% Mixed
25 Reviews
6% Negative
3 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 52 Critic Reviews
60
46% Positive
24 Reviews
48% Mixed
25 Reviews
6% Negative
3 Reviews

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91
Aug 25, 2022
It makes for a deeply unconventional sort of fairy tale, but this is George Miller we’re talking about. What else did we expect?
By Liz Shannon Miller FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 2, 2022
Miller’s film is deceptively simple, but there is a tremendous amount of depth and nuance. Viewers will walk away thinking a lot about the film, and a second or third watch is needed to fully absorb the layers within its story.
By Mae Abdulbaki FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 108 User Ratings
6.5
64% Positive
69 Ratings
28% Mixed
30 Ratings
8% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 108 User Ratings
6.5
64% Positive
69 Ratings
28% Mixed
30 Ratings
8% Negative
9 Ratings

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bvdkinue
Sep 2, 2023
this movie is so well written, i really how they emphasize that wealth cant really buy happiness, the actings are phenomenal xx
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CiriofRivia
Sep 14, 2022
I really like the conversation and the cinematography in this film! Super glad to watch a movie that's not penetrated by woke ****
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70
Aug 25, 2022
In its loopy, beguiling, occasionally befuddling way, Three Thousand Years of Longing feels like it’s trying—and sometimes failing—to sum something up about Miller’s own history of loving strange movie magic.
By Jesse Hassenger FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 1, 2022
It’s a garrulous, yet almost static movie, and weirdly for a film about narrative there is no single overwhelmingly important storyline.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
60
May 22, 2022
While Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba give it their all, neither can save the film from collapsing in the third act. An unconvincing conclusion undermines a far better first half which sees Swinton and Elba waxing philosophical in a hotel room.
By Ryan Leston FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 3, 2022
There’s something rather sterile and bloodless in the film’s approach, with its synthetic and soul-sappingly clean-looking CGI. Plus there’s the palpable lack of chemistry between the leads: a kind of brisk civility rather than the ache of eternal longing the title promises.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
25
Aug 25, 2022
There’s more to life than just stories and really, Djinn and Alithea just need to get a life.
By G. Allen Johnson FULL REVIEW
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10
GinaK
Aug 30, 2022
An absolutely fantastic film about love and longing. Idris Elba could really show his emotional range and sensitivity to language and situation, and Tilda Swinton was perfect, never setting a foot or uttering a word wrong. It was also nice to sit in an audience that was riveted and utterly silent.
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valeriiege
Oct 30, 2023
Three Thousand Years of Longing might have been one of the cult movies of fairy tale cinema, but unfortunately, it missed the opportunity due to the slow pace and poor workmanship in the Turkish parts. It's not about the director that George Miller, who did a great job in the Sheba part, did a lousy job when it came to Ottoman. However, I really liked the director's point of view, which examines the difference between the present and the past. The fairy-tale-like narration, which moves away from the truth, is also outstanding. The conversations between Alithea and Gin are also enjoyable. But here, something went wrong, and the movie missed the point of being "that" perfect.
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Badgerryan27
Sep 17, 2022
Pretty good. An Aladin for adults. Ultimately not really what I expected but fun non the less.
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ChicagoLoop
Sep 10, 2022
The movie had no character development or plot. Two great actors were not enough to save this stinker. No even worth watching on video. Inexplicable ending.
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imthenoob
May 24, 2023
The two leads try to navigate through a terrible story that offers no character development for either of them. It's all flash and no substance, don't waste your time on it.
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Production Company Kennedy Miller Mitchell, Kennedy Miller Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), FilmNation Entertainment, CAA Media Finance, Elevate Production Finance
Release Date Aug 26, 2022
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating R
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Tagline What would you wish for?
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Awards

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 13 Nominations
Sant Jordi Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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