That was an excellent one.

Excellent, a Must See

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Blistering performances.

The Same motif i sense every time i watch this movie is IDENDITY, like most films i enjoy watching from It's so boring hearing the same conun drum of intelligent wording of themes, story, production details, costumes, lighting, etc, etc. From film viewers, going out of control to sound intelligent when all i hear 99% of the time is carbon copy of reviews from critics, blah, blah, blah. I'm happy with hearing did you like it, YES or NO, i'd like to talk more but i'd rather watch something i enjoy then talk about something i enjoy and be in agreement why i liked it and why another person liked it. To assure i'm making a good choice or sounding intelligent or artistic, etc, etc..There are 2 different crowds in the film arena, those who watch and view films they have and have not seen from the time period 1900- 2017 these days and the mass majority who watches a ton of TV shows and lots of films from 2000-2017, very few people delve into the past or are beyond curious about films outside the country they reside or films outside heavily influenced, western world countries.Altman is not for everyone, from what i gathered with talking with both sides of film viewer's, most people think MASH is Altman's Greatest FIlm, in my opinion, MASH is my least favorite Altman Film, i like all his films but 3 Women & Images i'm drawn to especially.

What would happen if you could surgically trisect the personality of a lonely woman into three distinct personalities (somewhat like Multiple Personality Disorder, but with no common root, and no need for escape or protection from a hellish reality) and put them in three separate bodies? What might they be like? Finally set free from the constraints of the others and allowed to surface and breathe free as individuals, what would these new women reveal about their desires and frustrations and strengths and gaping frailties? One could be a child with amnesia, experiencing the world for the first time, as though she had just been let out of her house for the first time, or as though she were an alien from another world, a la Starman (1984).One could be a young post-adolescent woman who learns her social and fashion and cooking skills by reading how-to magazine articles.One could be an angry artist, disgusted with her husband, a useless, one-speed hedonist.What if they could somehow find each other and become one whole person, greater than the sum of her parts? What if they existed only as characters in the dream of a woman who had moved to a new town in order to put her past behind her and start a new life?

Mildred 'Pinky' Rose is a (very) young girl from Texas who tries her luck in sunny California. She finds a job at a geriatric institution where she meets Millie Lammoreaux. Millie looks so confident that the heavy insecure Pinky soon sees her as a role model. This becomes creepy soon when Pinky tries to become Millie. In fact Millie is a lonely and insecure woman who hides her uncertainties behind constant babble. She becomes annoyed with Pinky and treats her very rude. So rude that Pinky tries to commit suicide. She is in a coma for a couple of days and when she wakes up she has taken over the personality of Millie including her rudeness.That's the main storyline of this movie but not the whole story. This movie is more about mood and atmosphere than it is about a plot. In fact Robert Altman worked out the film without a full script and he wasn't sure about how to end the story. The atmosphere is what makes this film a beautiful and sometimes creepy travel through the minds of the three women. There are long sequences of the paintings from Willie, the third woman. And there is a frightening dream sequence which shows a nightmare that Pinky experienced.In fact the three women are tied by a male: Edgar Hart, the husband of Willie who owns a saloon and the apartment where Millie and Pinky share a room. While his wife is pregnant he sleeps with Millie and when Pinky is transformed into Millie he easily switches his attentions. So the only male in this story with an important role is portrayed as an absolute cheater and loser. The film suffers under the fact that it isn't made with a worked-out script. While the title is 3 women the film is only centered on Millie and Pinky and the character of Willie doesn't come forward very clear. There is hardly any interaction between her and the two other women and it seems she only communicates with them through her paintings (especially with Pinky). Then there is the role of the twins who also work at the institution. They are mentioned a lot in the film and you see a lot of shots of them. You expect that they should play an important role but this part of the plot is never worked out.What about the two main characters? It's hard to identify with them. Millie is an irritant female who seems to never shut her mouth and bothers people who are not interested in her. The reason for this is that she is so lonely that she intrudes in other peoples lifes and as a consequence is ignored by them. Pinky seems to be a very shy girl without real knowledge of society but she has a hidden agenda. The way she tries to imitate Millie shows thoroughness. When her parents are shown you understand she comes from a rural background and was most probably withdrawn from all experiences young women have in their teens. Her head injuries after her suicide attempt transform her in a sexual loaded woman who knows all the tricks to seduce men. But when there are stressful moments she immediately becomes the shy country girl as portrayed in the first half of the film.I think 3 women could have been a masterpiece if Altman hadn't got this image of what this movie would become already in his head before he starts shooting. For the director the sequences are much more important than a worked-out plot and in the end the film suffers underneath his vision. But he managed very well to create this dreamlike and creepy atmosphere which makes this movie more than just a psychological drama. As a viewer you feel the tension when Pinky intrudes the life of Millie and as this movie seems to become a story about a stalker the roles are exchanged and you start to feel sorry for Millie who has an enormous guilt about what happened to Pinky. Then there is the dream sequence and the child-bearing of Willie which is filmed so intense that I was shivering watching this scene. Still I'm left with the feeling that so much more could have been made with this plot.

3 women is about identity theft. For example, one young girl arrives at the job on her first day, and meets a self-confident worker, who ends up having a room to rent in her apartment. The new employee is marvelled by the other and after she tries to commit suicide and recovers - inherently takes over the personality of the self-confident worker. It is done in such a crafty way, that the viewer has no real idea that it happened. Hence making this moving one of the best movies out there.I really like the character of the self-confident worker, because she was so strong that the indifference from the actual circumstances did not even put a dent in her self-confidence. She was so sure of herself, and at the same time it was so utter misplaced. For example, she would go to the doctors lounge on her lunch break, and sit next to doctors and keep on talking and none of the doctors would respond to her. She just sat there talking and talking away. They took no notice of her. When she got up, she would say, it was great talking to you, I've gotten go now, see you all tomorrow. And there would be little or no reaction from the doctors, still she would get up and walk towards the exit, being in seventh heaven.(It was a Criterion movie).