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.

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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.

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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.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 27, 2010 3/5

Story about life's turning points is not for kids.

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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.

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Tony Medley tonymedley.com Oct 7, 2004 1/10

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Shannon J. Harvey Sunday Times (Australia) Jul 29, 2003 3/5

Miller has made a provocative, intimate triptych of short stories.

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Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile Jul 15, 2003

It's quite a stylised piece and it's credit to the cast and the filmmakers that the characters engage us to the extent that they do.

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Jeanne Aufmuth Palo Alto Weekly May 14, 2003 3.5/4

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Angie Errigo Empire Magazine Apr 21, 2003 3/5

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Mark Robison Reno Gazette-Journal Apr 14, 2003 B

Three short stories about women at turning points in their lives, the movie gains power by condensing each story to 30 minutes each.

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Matthew Turner ViewLondon Mar 29, 2003 3/5

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Stella Papamichael BBC.com Mar 4, 2003 2/5

Miller's film is bold and hearty, but it's also a ham-fisted wallop to the senses.

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Lawrence Toppman Charlotte Observer Feb 24, 2003

Unless you're the sort of person who loves the fiction found in The New Yorker and smaller literary magazines, you'd better avoid Personal Velocity.

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Doris Toumarkine Hollywood.com Feb 17, 2003 2.5/4

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Jack Garner Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Jan 24, 2003 8/10

All three women deliver remarkable performances.

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Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope Jan 20, 2003 C-

You can't really blame Miller for being in love with her own words, but this film is more like a slide show accompanied by an audio book than a movie.

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Prairie Miller Long Island Press Jan 19, 2003

A trilogy of stories about women on the edge that features no less than three rotten dads.

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Matt Easterbrook Matt's Movie Reviews Jan 17, 2003 2/5

One of the most highly-praised disappointments I've had the misfortune to watch in quite some time.

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Jean Lowerison San Diego Metropolitan Jan 17, 2003

The whole comes across more like a Lifetime special than an insightful examination of the women's lives.

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