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NUMBERS
Box Office: $623,323
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CONSENSUS
Uneven, but a keenly observed and well-acted film about three women's lives.
CAST & CREW
Fairuza Balk, Parker Posey, Kyra Sedgwick
Directed by Rebecca Miller
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SYNOPSIS
Three very different women confront life-changing decisions in this film derived from Rebecca Miller's book of short stories. more...
MPAA RATING
R, brief violence, some strong sexuality, and language
RUNTIME
85 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Nov 22, 2002
Video: Mar 18, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
MGM/UA
GENRE
Dramas, Self-Discovery, Women
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Personal Velocity Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
NEWS ARTICLES
LINKS
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "Miller comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary."
-- Erica Abeel, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"Very psychoanalytical -- provocatively so -- and also refreshingly literary."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"An intensely moving and oftentimes haunting film."
-- Merle Bertrand, FILM THREAT
"...creates a visceral sense of its characters' lives and conflicted emotions that carries it far above...what could have been a melodramatic, Lifetime Channel-style anthology."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"Dares to look conventional Hollywood wisdom in the eye and refuses to blink"
-- Larry Carroll, COUNTINGDOWN.COM
"[Miller's] heavy use of narration has a negative impact on her film, making it ofttimes feel like an audio book with pictures"
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
 "Even on those rare occasions when the narrator stops yammering, Miller's hand often feels unsure."
-- Mike D'Angelo, TIME OUT NEW YORK
"Together, Miller, Kuras and the actresses make Personal Velocity into an intricate, intimate and intelligent journey."
-- Duane Dudek, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
"If the movie is finally stuck halfway been cinema and prose, Miller proves that it's not an unfertile place to linger."
-- David Edelstein, SLATE
"With tightly organized efficiency, numerous flashbacks and a constant edge of tension, Miller's film is one of 2002's involvingly adult surprises."
-- David Elliott, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
"All three actresses are simply dazzling, particularly Balk, who's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents."
-- Ken Fox, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"A minor work yet there's no denying the potency of Miller's strange, fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure."
-- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
"Personal Velocity ought to be exploring these women's inner lives, but it never moves beyond their surfaces."
-- Pam Grady, REEL.COM
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"These mini-dramas about women trying to find a way into the future point out how difficult it is for people to accept the generosity and kindness of others."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"Confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please, and contorting itself into an idea of expectation is the last thing any of these three actresses, nor their characters, deserve."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"...a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"Terrific casting and solid execution give all three stories life."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"One of the most highly-praised disappointments I’ve had the misfortune to watch in quite some time."
-- Matt Easterbrook, MATT'S MOVIE REVIEWS
"With each of her three protagonists, Miller eloquently captures the moment when a woman's life, out of a deep-seated, emotional need, is about to turn onto a different path."
-- Annlee Ellingson, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"Expands the limits of what a film can be, taking us into the lives of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street."
-- Marshall Fine, JOURNAL NEWS
"All three women deliver remarkable performances."
-- Jack Garner, ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE
"It's not trying to be an 'issue' film, nor does it consciously manipulate you to think about any cataclysmic transcendentalist theorizing, but that's precisely why it may be so effective in emotional resonance."
-- Rachel Gordon, FILMCRITIC.COM
"The whole film has this sneaky feel to it – as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product."
-- Ken Hanke, MOUNTAIN XPRESS (ASHEVILLE, NC)
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FRESH 77%
Avg. Rating: 7.6/10 |
"Woefully pretentious."
-- John Anderson, NEWSDAY
"The acting is uniformly excellent, with Kyra Sedgwick and Fairuza Balk in particular deserving to be singled out for praise."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
"Velocity represents everything wrong with ''independent film'' as a commodified, sold-out concept on the American filmmaking scene."
-- Ty Burr, BOSTON GLOBE
"In this involving film of three decidedly different women, filmmaker Rebecca Miller has distilled some gripping character portraits."
-- Duane Byrge, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"Taken individually or collectively, the stories never add up to as much as they promise."
-- Mark Caro, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"A movie that at its best doesn't just make the most out of its characters' flaws but insists on the virtue of imperfection."
-- Manohla Dargis, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Ranging from funny to shattering and featuring some of the year's best acting, Personal Velocity gathers plenty of dramatic momentum."
-- Robert Denerstein, DENVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
"My thoughts were focused on the characters. That is a compliment to Kuras and Miller. If I had been thinking about the visual medium, they would have been doing something wrong."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"Three exquisite boutique films whose impact is much larger than many movies five times their size."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"Personal Velocity has a no-frills docu-Dogma plainness, yet Miller lingers on invisible, nearly psychic nuances, leaping into digressions of memory and desire. She boxes these women's souls right open for us."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
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"With a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work, especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent, but as is, Personal Velocity seems to be idling in neutral."
-- Jeremy Heilman, MOVIEMARTYR.COM
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* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Personal Velocity" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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