Review of Third Person (2014) by Ryan L — 08 Oct 2015

Third Person is written and directed by Paul Haggis (Crash) and has an ensemble cast including Liam Neeson, Adrian Brody, James Franco, Mila Kunis, and Olivia Wilde. Following Haggis' trend of multiple story lines at once, this movie has three main stories, Liam Neeson's story, Adrian Brody's story, and James Franco's story.

The acting in this movie is fantastic. Liam Neeson shows he can still pull of a dramatic role. James Franco reaches a well realized dramatic level while not over acting. Mila Kunis is amazing and brings real emotion to her character who can't seem to catch a break. Olivia wilde is the weakest of the cast but is still good. And Adrian Brody is very good in the movie.

The writing in this movie is also very good. Paul haggis can be a genius writer. he's not quite there in this movie but he is definitley a scholar. His directing is also very good.

And I think the ending to this movie is one of the best in years. It says a lot about how we deal with grief, failure, acceptance, and confusion all in a few minutes. It is beautiful and haunting in such a way that my mouth was hanging down to my knees.

However, this is a flawed movie, Adrian Brody's story line seems to drag on and I really didn't care about any of it. It was uninteresting and didn't seem to fit until the very end of the movie. there are also several parts if this movie that are a little to slow for its own good. I dont mind slow paced but this one pushed it a little bit for me. and the child and some of the other smaller characters in this movie are not good actors. they are in fact terrible. but with little screen time it isn't too bad.

Overall I really enjoyed this well acted well written movie, although some parts dragged on and one of the stories was very bland.