Three Christs

Name: Three Christs
Director: Jon Avnet
Released: 2017

Jon Avnet

2017

Synopsis

Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.

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70
Film Threat
Gracefully directed by Fried Green Tomatoes and Justified director Jon Avnet, Three Christs is a great dark comedy about a dark subject. I can’t say enough how great the performances are. It’s a relevant character study on those who suffer from mental illness and the ones who treat it and why they do.
63
Movie Nation
Devolves from quiet character study into full-blown, over-the-top “star vehicle” in its last act.
60
The New York Times
Whether it is the star power of the cast or the seductiveness of the period recreation, Three Christs has an appealing professionalism — an odd fit for a film about challenging a profession.
42
The A.V. Club
An insipid, boring mess, Three Christs doesn’t even have the decency to be amusing, apart from Stephen Root’s forced delivery of the film’s title followed by a what-a-world head shake.
40
TheWrap
The cast can’t cure all the movie’s problems, from its abrupt ending to a random acid-test scene, but it’s not without its curious appeal as a star-studded failed “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” experiment.
40
Los Angeles Times
Like the original experiment, this film fails when it tries to impose a conclusion, rather than letting its meaning reveal itself naturally.
38
Slant Magazine
By the end, it’s as if a good doctor’s god complex has been taken up by the film itself.
38
RogerEbert.com
Three Christs opts in for frustratingly broad characters that feel like half-considered caricatures and Jeff Russo’s sentimental, strings-heavy score that flattens whatever modest edge the movie might have had.