Our Two Cents:3

By George & John

Movie: 3

Summary: A Berlin-set drama centered on a 40-something couple who, separately, fall in love with the same man.

Director: Tom Tykwer

Writer: Tom Tykwer

Stars: Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper and Devid Striesow

~John's Review

An independent movie with a not so big budget apparently and with unknown starring actors...well that brings to mind...oh...another german production and you are right. 3 is a movie based on an average scenario but an inspired plot. I could say that the original idea would be better suited for a book rather than a movie. But the result was decent. From a director's view now, I found the direction rather slow but interesting. Before getting to the actors I must comment on a scen during the surgery of Simon, ah...the director shouldn't have shown that to us. The actors didn't fascinate me at all. I could say that they were the weak spot of the movie and of course you get what you pay for. All in all it's a movie I would recommend you to see only because it speaks about a not so common matter. Other than thiat the movie got tiring after a point but it was overwhelming in the start.

~John's Marks

Plot: 7/10

Scenario: 6/10

Actors: 5/10

Direction: 6.5/10

Overall: 6.1/10

~George's Review

3 or, as gracefully translated in the Greek version Threesome, is a film about a bored heterosexual couple living in Berlin. Hanah and Simon have been living together for 20 years, unmarried, and the sudden loss of Simon's mother as well as his own testicular cancer combined with their daily routine have made the couple grow apart. Due to a leap of fate, Hanah and Simon fall in love with the same man, the seductive Adam. The whole movie is based on the complexity of modern human relationships and the fluidity of sexuality as the movie challenges our stereotypical views on it. It must be confusing for both people that Adam falls in love but is also sexually attracted by both Hanah and Simon.
The plot, theme and messages of the movie are it's strongest cards. The direction is simple and the plot flows naturally albeit a little bit slowly. The actors are sufficient (save for Hanah played by Sophie Rois who perfectly embodies a depressed fourty-years old woman seeking for new thrills) and the music is nostalgic and matches the movie's settings and fall colors. All in all, it is not a ''light'', family-friendly movie but a movie that will definitely get you thinking about what sexuality means and how difficultly it can be defined.

~George's Marks

Plot: 8.5/10
Scenario: 7/10
Actors: 7.5/10
Direction: 8/10
Overall: 7.75/10