3 Backyards

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12/11/2020 This is one of my favorite movies. I think it should be shown to students who want to make film their careers. It's like a Picasso painting, one person will see it and find it uninteresting, while others like myself find it absolutely brilliant. Yes brilliant! See more 02/15/2016 Unnecessarily cryptic. See more 06/02/2015 Slow-moving, disjointed and pointless. See more 05/24/2014 Terrible film. I want that hour and a half back... See more 04/07/2013 The stories were good, but all together I didn't know what to do with them or how to feel... See more walter m @Harlequin68 08/10/2012 "3 Backyards" starts with John(Elias Koteas) having a staring contest with his wife(Kathryn Erbe) at 3:30 am before he leaves to catch a flight that turns out to be canceled. He's not the only one leaving town as an actress(Embeth Davidtz) asks her neighbor Peggy(Edie Falco) for a ride to the Port Jefferson Ferry. And because she is just a kid, Christina(Rachel Resheff) has to go to school, even though she just missed the school bus. The thing I like most about "3 Backyards" are its moments of silence that not only allow the actors to take control but also say more than any of the dialogue does. What the movie comes tantalizingly close to depicting is the emptiness of suburban lives, as the distance between people only allows them to watch each other, not connect.(There is one moment of dislocation that is probably more accidental than anything else.) However, none of that is as interesting as it sounds here, as the movie lacks anything in the way of well-defined characters. See more Read all reviews

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