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Matthew Martens
19Feb12
As ever, but also as never before, Ceylan shines (while brooding, of course) as a cinematic meteorologist in Three Monkeys, or else as a climatician, or, more simply, a watcher of the skies. The oneiric intensity of the image-making, equally foreboding and forlorn, attains a pitch of beauty and gravity that transforms a kitchen sink drama, whether or not it deserves it, into the stuff of tragic myth.
gencorkun
19Feb12
A directorial triumph. Even though this is not my favorite NBC movie, I have adored the colors in this movie. Every simple shot is planned so wisely and the result is obvious. The actors in the movie is also brilliantly cast. I was not a big fan of the story yet I will remember this movie with the scene when Yavuz Bingol silently waited in the shadows where her wife was on the roof, on the verge of a fatal decision.
Peter Brooks Lazar
8Dec11
I really liked most of this film. Ceylan's visual storytelling is really to be commended. However, the whole last act felt very false to me: both meandering and forced (if that's possible). Really interested in seeing Once Upon a Time in Anatolia now.
Răpciune
1Apr11
wow, of what i have seen, this is his most "action" film. compared to uzak, it's hollywood. the drone scene with the man in front of the ventilator was fantastic. seeing it on big screen is a must. you can almost hear the myriad thoughts and fragments of emotions moving under the skin, passing through like a vortex of smashed glass through a wire nexus. loved it.
angelicidea
27Mar11
There is just about enough material for a short film in this. I almost fell asleep watching it.
InsertOzuReferencehere
22Apr10
see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil ... lets just go on about our day shall we family!?
Dean Fernando
15Apr10
neo noir at its best. Celyan's camera and editing style takes what would normally be a traditional noir thriller into something deeper with the sense of the metaphysical.. great film with a great visual vocabulary.
kelvanE
13Feb10
Ceylan shoots some amazing visual pieces. By using a mild desaturation and tinkering a tad with color correction to nudge each shot toward a more ideal visual finish, he's able to reign in all the messy anomalies that normally occur in sunlight. This film and 'Climates' utilize this technique to the fullest. Both, also, feature an unwavering eye that fixates on the subject, catching all of the often missed mannerisms
David Churbuck
24Dec09
Three Monkeys, Nuri Bilge Ceylan's most recent film, is also his best written and dramatic -- foregoing the photographic magnificent of Climates and Distant for a taut, noirish script that paid homage to the prison tale of Dry Summer. Not to say there was not amazing cinematography, no one films a cloud-laden sky like Bilge, but the acting more than compensated. especially Hatice Aslan in the lead role of Hacer.
Boldizsar Csernak-Risko
27Oct09
Amazing film. Superb cast especially Hacar. Very believable physical performances..
Ryan Conrath
28Aug09
Found this fairly flat compared to distant and climates. Ceylan is a deft image-maker, but he seems to have lost sight of whatever it was that was fueling the riveting art speech of a movie like distant.
Jamie Mattick
8Jul09
Genius. I usually write longer reviews but that word sums it up. The photography coupled with the lighting was mind blowing, and the NVC of the cast was so perfect. I must see more of this directors films.
Berna
27Apr09
I watched this amazing production last year. It was really a greate production and a greate story. Congrutulations and thanks a lot Mr. Nuri Bilge Ceylan.You are always producing wonderful art and representing Turkish culture in the best way.We proud of you and your work. Best Regards Berna Cansizoglu
andre
27Apr09
kind of made me keep wondering which of the three were the "monkeys." by the end i decided maybe it was the japanese "see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil" triumvirate. very understated, almost entirely visual. i liked the way the specter of the lost child hung over the entire family.
Teddy Cheong
27Apr09
Three Monkeys is a kind of thriller that never seeks to thrill, but rather, it just does. Starting with an intriguing premise, it never deviates into something of a guide who holds your hand. Instead, much of it is lensed in gorgeous long takes for the spectator to muse as (s)he pleases. What this film could essentially be seen as is a thriller for those who typically don't enjoy conventional thrillers.
Daniel Kasman
25Apr09
Beginning to end stunning compositions. Why are there so few major filmmakers really pursuing digital cinema? Ceylan is certainly one of them. Great opening sequence, just like Climates.