Three Birthdays

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Three Birthdays

2023

1h 30m

Drama

Comedy

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Bobbie is determined to lose her virginity on the day of her 17th birthday, but she will lose more than that. Serious, humorous, and intimate, THREE BIRTHDAYS follows a left-leaning, academic family in 1970 as each of its members wrestles with the contradictions of the sexual revolution in the era of the Vietnam War. When Bobbie discovers her mother's infidelity and acts out furiously, she sets off a chain of confrontations that forces her father and mother to face their own insecurities as accomplished middle-class intellectuals. On each of their birthdays, hopes are dashed, and secrets revealed. Culminating on a day of national reckoning, the film sits right in the middle of that uncomfortable place where the personal and the political collide.

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Joey Magidson

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Three Birthdays is a well-acted period drama detailing family turbulence during a turbulent time in America.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 20, 2025

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Josh Bell

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This three-part family drama starts out strongly before eventually getting dragged down by contrived melodrama.

Rated: C+

Feb 19, 2025

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Ethan Padgett

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Three Birthdays is an excellent drama due to its three-dimensional characters and thought-provoking ideas.

Rated: 8/10

Feb 18, 2025

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

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The fact of the matter is, and without being necessarily perfect or groundbreaking, Three Birthdays ends up feeling like a mature and well-thought-out drama that has something to say.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 23, 2025

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Kevin S

Based on her other movies, I was not surprised to find Jane Weinstock's Three Birthdays well-crafted, intelligent, original. But Three Birthdays is also a great ride. The three leading characters have secrets -- and tell each other lies -- that suprised me and engaged me more and more as the story unfolded. I meant to watch half of it last night and finish it this morning But I was too "into" it to think of turning in without finding out what happens to these three lovers and their partners. Their fates are unexpected and moving, I loved this film

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/30/25

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Mark B

Didn't look or feel like 70s, particularly the two leads who never once looked in the period (even with no bra). Script was full of clichés and awful sentences and it struggled throughout to be clear in what kind of film it was. Avoid for me.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/19/25

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Danielle B

Powerful and satisfying. The kind of film you think about long after it’s over. Authentic characters that you care about living in a tumultuous time we need to remember.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/03/25

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Bobbie is determined to lose her virginity on the day of her 17th birthday, but she will lose more than that. Serious, humorous, and intimate, THREE BIRTHDAYS follows a left-leaning, academic family in 1970 as each of its members wrestles with the contradictions of the sexual revolution in the era of the Vietnam War. When Bobbie discovers her mother's infidelity and acts out furiously, she sets off a chain of confrontations that forces her father and mother to face their own insecurities as accomplished middle-class intellectuals. On each of their birthdays, hopes are dashed, and secrets revealed. Culminating on a day of national reckoning, the film sits right in the middle of that uncomfortable place where the personal and the political collide.

Director: Jane Weinstock
Producer: Andrea Miller, James Welling
Screenwriter: Jane Weinstock
Distributor: Good Deed Entertainment
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 18, 2025
Runtime: 1h 30m

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