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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Overview

Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

February 03, 2006

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Tommy Lee Jones

Starring :

Tommy Lee Jones, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones, Barry Pepper, Melissa Leo, Jesse De Luna, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Barry Tubb, Vanessa Bauche

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3.5 of 4

“..Tough, unpredictable and superbly crafted..”
by Warren Curry [Entertainment Insiders]
3.5 of 5

“..Tommy Lee Jones' impressive big-screen directorial debut..”
by Sheri Linden [Boxoffice Magazine]
“..Outstandingly realized on all levels..”
by Todd McCarthy [Variety]
8 of 10

“..an excellent movie..”
by Brendan Cullin [Empire Movies]
2 of 4

“..a tough, gritty little Western that marks the directorial debut of Tommy Lee Jones..”
by David Nusair [Reel Film Reviews]
3 of 4

“..a small movie that plays like a Western epic..”
by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
“..a pleasure to soak in..”
by Michael Atkinson [Village Voice]
3.5 of 5

“..a beautifully written and acted mini-epic about life and death..”
by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall]
5 of 5
Reviewed by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
4.5 of 5
Reviewed by Matt McKillop [Filmcritic]
4.5 of 5
Reviewed by [E! Online]
4 of 4
Reviewed by Jonathan Rosenbaum [Chicago Reader]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News]
4 of 4
Reviewed by [Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Erik Childress [EFilmCritic]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Pam Grady [Reel]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Douglas Strassler [Tail Slate]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Joe McGovern [Slant Magazine]
3 of 4
Reviewed by George Schmidt [MovieFreak]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Walter Chaw [Film Freak Central]
Reviewed by Anthony Lane [The New Yorker]
Reviewed by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter at Cannes]
Reviewed by Stephen Metcalf [Slate]
Reviewed by William Wolf [Wolf Entertainment Guide]

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