3 Women
1977 · Movie · PG · 124 min · ★ 7.1 · 83% critics
Two co-workers at a health spa become roommates, and what starts as an intense friendship slowly turns unsettling. As they drift into a stranger social circle and face personal crises, their connection grows increasingly bizarre, blurring boundaries and leaving everyday life feeling dreamlike and unstable.
Also known as Three Women
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Details
- Years
- 1977
- Release date
- 1977-04-29
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (345 votes)
- Budget
- $1,700,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like surreal, ambiguous character dramas about identity that linger in your mind, especially if you’re open to something closer in spirit to Yellow Submarine than a straightforward thriller; Not for you if you need clear answers and brisk pacing.
Pros: hypnotic dreamlike mood; strong lead performances; intriguing identity themes | Cons: slow pacing; confusing, ambiguous story; unsettling repetitive music
Themes
- california
- suicide attempt
- roommates
- identity crisis
- avant-garde
- pregnant woman
- dream sequence
- expectant mother
- still birth
- mysterious
- dissociative identity disorder
- shooting range
- +8 more
Cast & crew
Shelley Duvall
as Mildred "Millie" Lammoreaux
Sissy Spacek
as Mildred "Pinky" Rose
Janice Rule
as Willie Hart
Robert Fortier
as Edgar Hart
Ruth Nelson
as Mrs. Rose
John Cromwell
as Mr. Rose
Sierra Pecheur
as Ms. Bunweill
Craig Richard Nelson
as Doctor Maas
Maysie Hoy
as Doris
- BM
Belita Moreno
as Alcira
Directed by Robert Altman