3 Women

Pros: Best explained in the line "Things and people not what they appear."

Cons: A small screen with an inferior sound system may detract from its intended effect.

The Bottom Line: "3 Women" is not for those of you who love "typical" American movie fare, but is instead a fine place to discover the art that IS Robert Altman.

Review: If you've never seen a Robert Altman film and you like esoteric cinema then now is the time to begin. "3 Women" is one of his quirkiest and least known but one that represents his style completely. I want to warn you right at the inception: this unique...

Pros: direction, acting, interesting characters.

Cons: slow pace, surreal ending.

The Bottom Line: Very unusual, but definitely worth checking out.

Review: Robert Altman’s 3 Women isn’t the weirdest film I’ve ever seen, but it’s possibly one of the weirdest I’ve ever seen under a big-studio banner. It was made by 20th-Century Fox in 1977, but was a bomb at the box office, and was never, ever released on ...

Pros: A lot.

Cons: Owes something to Bergman.

The Bottom Line: For Altman fans or those looking for something different.

Review: Robert Altman's 3 Women really made a big impression on me the first time I saw it. I think I was in college at the time, a punk kid excited about film. I liked Robert Altman a lot because of Nashville which was like nothing I had ...