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Three Christs

2017

Jon Avnet

Richard Gere, Peter Dinklage, Walton Goggins, Bradley Whitford ...

5.5

227

Drama Three Christs follows Dr. Alan Stone who is treating three paranoid schizophrenic patients at the Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, each of whom believed they were Jesus Christ. What transpires is both comic and deeply moving.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Why, God, why? (...) This is a tedious slog that fails even to hit the emotional marks of the most formulaic nut-house movie."	NEG
United States	Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"The biggest problem with 'Three Christs' is an inconsistent tone. Though it often tries to come across as a kooky black comedy, the movie is better when it’s an earnest inquiry into what it means to be 'godly'."	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"This inert film contains few revelations and little resembling the divine (...) The patients don’t come across as truly troubled — they seem like thespians taking a stab at ’crazy"	NEG
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"[Avnet] succeeds in keeping the movie watchable in spite of its contrivances. Whether it is the star power of the cast or the seductiveness of the period recreation, 'Three Christs' has an appealing professionalism"	POS
United States	Jared Mobarak The Film Stage	"While Avnet’s film is effective melodrama, it’s hardly a completely honest depiction of what happened."	NEU
United States	Monica Castillo The Wrap	"It’s a simplified, reductive portrait of a complex story (...) 'Three Christs' follows a relatively well-tread formula, which is perhaps why it feels so inert"	NEG

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