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Personal Velocity: Three Portraits

Play trailer Poster for Personal Velocity: Three Portraits R,  2002,  1h 25m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 69% 103 Reviews Tomatometer 62% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
69% Tomatometer 103 Reviews 62% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Based on Rebecca Miller's recently published book of short stories, "Personal Velocity" tells three tales of women as they escape their current situations. Segmented into three parts, Greta (Parker Posey), Delia (Kyra Sedgwick) and Paula (Fairuza Balk) have one thing in common, each struggle to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits

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Critics Consensus

Uneven, but a keenly observed and well-acted film about three women's lives.

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David Ansen Newsweek Mar 7, 2018
Miller is a witty and socially acute observer; the three portraits in "Personal Velocity" are told with both novelistic richness and brisk, confident economy. Go to Full Review
Barbara Ellen The Times (UK) Jan 3, 2018
By the end of Personal Velocity, you want to invite all three female characters around for coffee to hear what happened next, and I can think of no higher praise for everyone involved. Go to Full Review
Richard Porton Chicago Reader Sep 29, 2017
This uneven triptych features flawed female heroines whose woes are attributable to unstable or bland male partners and simple bad luck. Go to Full Review
Betsy Bozdech DVDJournal.com Nov 6, 2006
3.5/4
Although each woman has only about half an hour of screen time, all three are more fully realized characters than any woman in a typical two-hour Hollywood blockbuster. Go to Full Review
Film Threat Dec 6, 2005
3.5/5
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Rebecca Miller

Director

John Ventimiglia

Narrator

Kyra Sedgwick

Delia

David Warshofsky

Kurt Wurtzle

Brian Tarantina

Pete Shunt

Mara Hobel

Fay

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Personal Velocity: Three Portraits

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Synopsis Based on Rebecca Miller's recently published book of short stories, "Personal Velocity" tells three tales of women as they escape their current situations. Segmented into three parts, Greta (Parker Posey), Delia (Kyra Sedgwick) and Paula (Fairuza Balk) have one thing in common, each struggle to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
Director
Rebecca Miller
Producer
Gary Winick, Lemore Syvan, Alexis Alexanian
Screenwriter
Rebecca Miller
Distributor
IFC Films, United Artists
Production Co
IFC Productions
Rating
R (Some Strong Sexuality|Language|Brief Violence)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 22, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$763.2K
Runtime
1h 25m
Sound Mix
Surround
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