Three Monkeys

This Turkish film, which played in competition at Cannes, centers on a family that decides to play blind, deaf, and dumb to the various troubles in their lives. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (CLIMATES), this drama was its countrys submission to the Oscars in 2008.

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4 stars out of 5 -- "THREE MONKEYS is a story full of dark irony, with the key events occurring off-screen and Ceylan keeping the focus on the inner worlds of his troubled characters....A superbly crafted film..." -- Tom Dawson , (Total Film)

"[A] psychologically suspenseful, spare and contemplative neo noir....[With] a stunningly visual mastery of moods....Unpredictable and gratifying, THREE MONKEYS emerges as a mordant cautionary tale on the contagiousness of corruption." -- Kevin Thomas , (Los Angeles Times)

"The long takes and exquisite compositions are still there, but this time Mr. Ceylan trains his cool, detached sensibility on a ripe and pulpy melodrama....The basic story is as tight and simple as a slipknot." -- A. O. Scott , (New York Times)

4 stars out of 5 -- "Ceylan orchestrates all the elements of his film into a gripping experience of manipulation and retribution, with an ironic final twist." -- Ed Scheid , (Box Office)

"THREE MONKEYS tackles a more amorphous -- and universal -- sense of desire and culpability at the expense of the postcard specificity of Ceylan's previous work, while at the same time tapping into something larger..." -- Film Comment Staff , (Film Comment)

3 stars out of 4 -- "[A]n elegant exercise with four characters trapped by class, guilt and greed....The film has extraordinary beauty." -- Roger Ebert , (Chicago Sun-Times)

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