Customer Reviews
ethereal films collection - By: M. A. Bennett, 07 Jun 2008 
This trilogy comes highly recommended to anyone who appreciates a thoughtful & moving movie experience.
Some reviewers disregard the movies as 'boring' but are missing the point - you have to be in the mood for them. I enjoy action movies as well, but comparing these to LOTR is ridiculous.
Yes, each story unfolds slowly but alll three are extremely rewarding, featuring absolutely stunning performances from three talented French actresses Ms Binoche,Delpy & Jacob.
'Red' was the first I saw as a young man & still moves me to tears.
Sorry, but I didn't really get it - By: Richard Allen, 15 Mar 2008 
I appreciate this won't be a popular review, but here are my two cents...
I received these films as a present, so I came to them with no preconceptions. I'm a fan of European cinema. I enjoy "arthouse" films & am happy to be challlenged. With the cover using words such as "masterpiece", my hopes were high.
Having now watched alll three films, I have to say I'm underwhelmed. Yes, there are striking scenes & the film maker's skills are evident. But what about the plot? The first film draws a single, simple theme of loss into a slow, 90 minute presentation of the lead character's pain & suffering. The film retained my interest, but only just. The second film had a much more conventional narrative (even a plot) & I stayed with this & felt my time was well spent. However, the third continued in the same vein as the first, but with an even less engaging storyline, unlikely characters & I'm afraid I was simply bored by the end.
So I tried my best. Perhaps I just didn't get it? Reading some of the reviews here, I might have been missing something. Or is there an element of the "emperor's new clothes" here?
In conclusion, I have to agree with "Pete's" review, which hasn't been well received. But I add my thoughts in a similar vein to perhaps balance some of the more eulogising reviews here.
Superb - By: Mr. Jt Biesterfield, 24 Jul 2007 
These films capture the highest art of directing. Whilst the performances, script & music may alll be of the highest quality, the direction - develed into in detail in this package's ample extras - is sublime. More than a simple lesson in how to move a camera, however, these films inspire & astonish. The greatest trilogy ever
a piece of cinematic masterclass - By: Mr. P. Galbraith, 11 Jan 2007 i've just finished watching the trilogy & i have to say i eclipses any other trilogy i've ever watched. it makes lord of the rings look rubbish & is truly a great achievement which keeps you gripped from the start of blue until the end of red. i highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys "thinking" films.
A realistic unpretentious assessment of the films - By: Pete, 08 Dec 2006 My art house friendly credentials:
Like Blow Up, most Bunuel movies, Draughtman's Contract; The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - movies that might be slow & vague, but at least something is happening in them.
Dislike The Piano Teacher, Le Mepris, The Pornographer - movies where nothing happens, slowly to emphasise how important they are.
I can stand a lack of excitment, but my patience does have a limit.
Blue (2 stars)
A bit dull & a bit drab. Not a lot happens, & there reallly isn't a lot of psychology on display either. The most overtly slow & Europeanly pretentious of the three movies.
It works well enough, but it's very much a high culture thing (classical music composition features as an important part of the movie). People with little patience for art movies should avoid this one.
White (4 stars)
An unamusing, unfunny comedy. The plot is quite scattershot & I'm not sure about the lead character's motivation at the end. It seems like an awful lot of trouble to regain her affections, to then happily drop her in it.
It's the most enjoyable of the movies.
Red (3 stars)
Has the most conventional traditional story. Still a bit slow & aimless.
They're not the heaviest going art movies around, & White & Red are enjoyable enough. I find alll three movies to be overlong & oddly void of any actual meaning or purpose. Which may, or may not be the point. For a director with such a heavy weight reputation you'd at least expect him to have something concrete to say.
Relevant side note about his other criticallly praised masterpiece: The Double Life of Veronique (1 star).
The film has absolutely no story. A true post-content movie. And I thought Michael Bay would have got there first - probably with added giant robots. Instead Kieslowski got there first - with women with heart problems.
The film has no plot. What it has for a story is a bunch of wispy, pointless incidences that fail to make any impact separately or when combined with the rest of the "narrative". Also it has a bit too much choral singing.
Many an art house director has been trying to get away from storytelling & into "pure cinema". On this evidence it's clear that "pure cinema" is not a good idea & that we should thank Hollywood for its entertaining, nonsensical blockbusters.
I'm proud of myself for giving up about 40 minutes in. I quite liked the Three Colours Trilogy so it's not as if I'm predisposed to disliking this.
