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Movie ID: 746
RT slug: three_thousand_years_of_longing
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/three_thousand_years_of_longing
Release year: 2022
Runtime: 108 mins
Wide release date: 2022-08-26
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: 2022-05-20
Streaming release date: —
Tomatometer final: 71%
Audience score final: —
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Directors: George Miller
Writers: Augusta Gore, George Miller
Producers: Doug Mitchell, George Miller
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-06-14 17:45:55
Updated: 2026-06-14 17:45:55
A lonely scholar encounters a djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom, prompting stories of desire, love and caution.
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Canonical reviews: 260
Canonical fresh: 185
Canonical rotten: 75
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 71%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-06-14 17:22:23
Snapshot Tomatometer: 71%
Snapshot review count: 260
Snapshot fresh count: 185
Snapshot rotten count: 75
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #1291 (full_snapshot)
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| 1 | Idris Elba | The Djinn |
| 2 | Tilda Swinton | Alithea Binnie |
| 3 | Aamito Lagum | Queen of Sheba |
| 4 | Burcu Golgedar | Zefir |
| 5 | Matteo Bocelli | Prince Mustafa |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169718 | Stephen Garrett | Book & Film Globe | Fresh | 3/5 | 2025-08-20T22:46:10Z | 2025-08-20 22:46:10 | It’s a punch-drunk romance pairing an oversized genie and a Scottish bookworm in matching terrycloth robes, and it’s a gorgeous mess. But its audacious visual ferocity makes all the narrative wobbles a little more forgivable. |
| 169719 | Christina Newland | iNews.co.uk | Fresh | 3/5 | 2024-09-18T21:33:17Z | 2024-09-18 21:33:17 | While Three Thousand Years of Longing never reaches that film’s mastery or poignancy, the expansive, bold paint-strokes of Miller’s passionate world-creation is still singular to behold. |
| 169720 | Arthur Goyaz | Loud and Clear Reviews | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2024-08-07T14:26:25Z | 2024-08-07 14:26:25 | George Miller creates a thrilling mosaic of stories where reality and fantasy become one. |
| 169721 | Shakyl Lambert | CGMagazine | Fresh | 6.5/10 | 2024-07-12T20:42:05Z | 2024-07-12 20:42:05 | Three Thousand Years of Longing is equal parts ambitious, fascinating and messy. |
| 169722 | Dave Giannini | InSession Film | Fresh | — | 2024-02-27T22:58:23Z | 2024-02-27 22:58:23 | The stories that the Djinn tells are lovely, but the movie really lands in the second half when things get slightly more normal. |
| 169723 | Mini Anthikad-Chhibber | The Hindu | Fresh | — | 2023-10-04T23:07:08Z | 2023-10-04 23:07:08 | The George Miller directorial, with its splendid imagery and sound so reminiscent of Baz Luhrmann’s Red Curtain trilogy and early Tarsem Singh, is the right kind of narrative to lose oneself in. |
| 169724 | Hector A. Gonzalez | InSession Film | Rotten | C | 2023-07-25T21:10:11Z | 2023-07-25 21:10:11 | The characters in the film could have pondered the link between existence and storytelling in a far more intriguing fashion. |
| 169725 | Tina Kakadelis | Beyond the Cinerama Dome | Rotten | — | 2023-07-24T19:38:30Z | 2023-07-24 19:38:30 | As magical and trippy as Three Thousand Years of Longing wants to be, it gets lost in its own grand storytelling. Part of what makes stories enduring is their success at creating emotions within the audience, whoever they may be. |
| 169726 | Ryan Oquiza | Rappler | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2023-07-21T23:15:46Z | 2023-07-21 23:15:46 | George Miller invites us to a vibrant and ambitious epic that says it’s about the love of storytelling but seems to forget about giving love to its own story in the process. |
| 169727 | Robert W. Butler | Butler's Cinema Scene | Fresh | B+ | 2023-05-24T21:46:55Z | 2023-05-24 21:46:55 | A romantic/erotic fantasy from director George Miller that begins with pure escapism and gradually works its way into your guts. |
| 169728 | John Serba | Decider | Rotten | — | 2023-02-28T23:04:08Z | 2023-02-28 23:04:08 | So the visionary efforts are present, absolutely, but they’re not memorable without a consistently compelling narrative. |
| 169729 | Milana Vujkov | Lola On Film | Rotten | 3/5 | 2023-01-14T08:49:10Z | 2023-01-14 08:49:10 | [A] slightly unhinged piece of classic storytelling — and while it is visually luscious and bursting with (narrative) calories, it did not seem to make up its mind, to its very end, which genre, and indeed audience age-group, it actually belongs to. |
| 169730 | Michael Balderston | What To Watch | Fresh | 4/5 | 2023-01-06T21:26:46Z | 2023-01-06 21:26:46 | Three Thousand Years of Longing, starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton, is just the ticket for anyone wishing for something different to watch. |
| 169731 | Alex Billington | FirstShowing.net | Fresh | 9/10 | 2022-12-30T01:20:36Z | 2022-12-30 01:20:36 | Miller's Three Thousand Years of Longing is a challenge to those who feel content with loneliness, wrapped in their blankets of cynicism. It's as much about the power of storytelling as it is about the power of love and desire. |
| 169732 | Kevin A. Ranson | MovieCrypt.com | Fresh | 4/4 | 2022-12-28T17:41:07Z | 2022-12-28 17:41:07 | For all the opposites these two characters are, they are drawn together in their hope for better... embraces fairy tale elements to a Brothers Grimm tee... a banquet of storytelling, sumptuous and delicious even when slightly bitter. |
| 169733 | Erin Maxwell | LA Weekly/Village Voice | Fresh | — | 2022-12-23T18:46:28Z | 2022-12-23 18:46:28 | The carefully controlled chaos is told in measured moments as two acting behemoths unravel the art of fantasy fables and ultimately, the power of a good love story. |
| 169734 | Eddie Harrison | film-authority.com | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-12-19T10:13:49Z | 2022-12-19 10:13:49 | …a weird and occassionally wonderful visual mood-piece that’s all about story and the meaning and importance of story, but unfortunately omits to pack one of its own… |
| 169735 | Dylan Roth | Observer | Fresh | — | 2022-12-14T19:11:53Z | 2022-12-14 19:11:53 | Visually rich and thematically dense, Three Thousand Years of Longing muses on romance and possession, as well as the slow death of mythology and folklore at the hands of science and capitalism. |
| 169736 | Matt Brunson | Film Frenzy | Fresh | 3/4 | 2022-11-19T03:25:09Z | 2022-11-19 03:25:09 | A wondrous film until the magic runs out in the last act. |
| 169737 | Kevin Carr | Fat Guys at the Movies | Fresh | 3/4 | 2022-11-19T00:05:49Z | 2022-11-19 00:05:49 | It’s out there but not as much as you think, well grounded in strong performances by Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton. |
| 169738 | Mark Asch | Hyperallergic | Rotten | — | 2022-11-14T17:07:44Z | 2022-11-14 17:07:44 | Alternating between charmingly and cringingly unfashionable, George Miller’s "Three Thousand Years of Longing" defies some orientalist tropes while falling prey to others. |
| 169739 | Craig D. Lindsey | Nashville Scene | Fresh | — | 2022-10-28T23:12:17Z | 2022-10-28 23:12:17 | With Longing, Miller indulges in grandiloquent storytelling, while also making the case that there appears to be a serious lack of it in our popular culture. |
| 169740 | Rubén Rosario | MiamiArtZine | Fresh | — | 2022-10-19T13:09:01Z | 2022-10-19 13:09:01 | The result is an eye-popping, handsomely mounted celebration of the power of stories aimed at adults, but every bit as spry and playful as a children's storybook. |
| 169741 | Kip Mooney | College Movie Review | Fresh | B+ | 2022-10-16T04:01:07Z | 2022-10-16 04:01:07 | One of the year's truly special films. |
| 169742 | Rene Sanchez | Cine Sin Fronteras | Rotten | 2/4 | 2022-10-05T06:54:47Z | 2022-10-05 06:54:47 | A grandiose and imaginative cinematic spectacle that sacrifices emotional impact over stylish visuals. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 169743 | Scott Tobias | The Reveal | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-10-03T01:35:18Z | 2022-10-03 01:35:18 | A feast for the head and the heart and the eyes. |
| 169744 | Filipe Freitas | Always Good Movies | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-10-02T22:48:14Z | 2022-10-02 22:48:14 | Basically, it fails to achieve what it tries to claim: the power of a deeply engaging narrative. |
| 169745 | Adam Kempenaar | Filmspotting | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-09-30T03:31:37Z | 2022-09-30 03:31:37 | Rhythm is essential when talking about Miller. Three Thousand Years certainly isn’t the intricate symphony of chaos that Fury Road was, but there’s an underlying musicality that glides it along. |
| 169746 | Jenny Nulf | Austin Chronicle | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-09-27T22:39:16Z | 2022-09-27 22:39:16 | Where Mad Max: Fury Road was lean, Three Thousand Years of Longing feels like a rough draft that should have stayed in a dusty bin somewhere in the middle of a tourist shop. |
| 169747 | Robin Holabird | Robin Holabird | Fresh | B- | 2022-09-26T22:06:52Z | 2022-09-26 22:06:52 | Three Thousand Years of Longing retains self-consciously intellectual elements and avoids a cliched view of romance with the odd pairing of Swinton and Elba. Neither exude much passion, but they seem happy overanalyzing their compatibility. |
| 169748 | Ruben Peralta Rigaud | Cocalecas | Fresh | — | 2022-09-26T17:08:35Z | 2022-09-26 17:08:35 | This powerful portrait of human nature... provides a true narrative triumph on the big screen, of generosity as rare as it is precious. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 169749 | Phil Guie | Film-Forward.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-25T01:34:11Z | 2022-09-25 01:34:11 | [The] extensive conversational scenes between the pair help them to reach a happy median between the rational and magical, the mind and heart, when it comes to the prospect of having wishes fulfilled. |
| 169750 | Chase Hutchinson | The Inlander (Spokane, WA) | Rotten | 2/4 | 2022-09-23T21:11:17Z | 2022-09-23 21:11:17 | More intriguing in its initial inclinations than in its clumsy conclusion, it is an often vibrant work that gets regrettably tangled up in itself. |
| 169751 | Eleanor Ringel Cater | Saporta Report (Atlanta) | Fresh | — | 2022-09-23T20:04:16Z | 2022-09-23 20:04:16 | Miller is now in his late 70s, and the fact that he can pull off anything like this -- or almost pull it off -- is pretty darn impressive. Your enjoyment, I guess, is just how far you’re willing to go on a flawed magic carpet ride. |
| 169752 | Andrew Kendall | Stabroek News | Fresh | — | 2022-09-23T16:37:55Z | 2022-09-23 16:37:55 | Even when “Longing” touches on bits of strangeness. Miller is also gently, holding back - resisting overemphasis. Not in the sense of reticence, but in a kind of calmness that comes with clarity of vision. This is a singular piece of filmmaking. |
| 169753 | John McDonald | Australian Financial Review | Fresh | — | 2022-09-22T11:59:46Z | 2022-09-22 11:59:46 | It’s impossible to watch this film without asking yourself: “What would I wish for? And what might go wrong?” |
| 169754 | Gabi Zietsman | Channel24 (South Africa) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-21T05:39:36Z | 2022-09-21 05:39:36 | There is some lost potential in Three Thousand Years of Longing, something that could have been perhaps achieved with a longer runtime, but it still delivers a beautiful spectacle of visuals and dialogue. |
| 169755 | Yasser Medina | Cinefilia | Rotten | 5/10 | 2022-09-21T01:59:10Z | 2022-09-21 01:59:10 | It transfigures mythology to offer readings about the limits of human desires and the power of storytelling as a form of transcendental love. But, far from the visual notes of fantastic tone, its spark never manages to captivate my eyes. |
| 169756 | Charles Lyons-Burt | Spectrum Culture | Fresh | — | 2022-09-20T18:10:50Z | 2022-09-20 18:10:50 | A film about captivating narratives that is itself a fetching, fantastical odyssey through the memories of two people. |
| 169757 | Jonathan Anderson | Starburst | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-09-19T20:00:26Z | 2022-09-19 20:00:26 | Elba and Swinton give good performances and there are some genre-standard moral tales along the way, but it goes on for just a tad too long and doesn’t leave the viewer longing for more. |
| 169758 | Michelle Kisner | The Movie Sleuth | Fresh | — | 2022-09-16T15:18:13Z | 2022-09-16 15:18:13 | George Miller has crafted an enthralling collection of tales and a poignant love story. |
| 169759 | Will DiGravio | Film School Rejects | Fresh | — | 2022-09-15T21:18:35Z | 2022-09-15 21:18:35 | The film, which offers an idealistic, sometimes hokey treatise on the power and necessity of myths and storytelling, is barely saved by its striking imagery and pair of exquisite performances from two of the great performers in movies today. |
| 169760 | Eileen Jones | The Jacobin | Rotten | — | 2022-09-13T20:19:13Z | 2022-09-13 20:19:13 | How nice is this thing, really? It’s the most cringeworthy film I’ve seen in ages, loaded up with obsolete clichés. |
| 169761 | Tom Shone | Sunday Times (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-09-12T23:34:32Z | 2022-09-12 23:34:32 | The detachment required to hop from one story to the next subtly erodes the suspension of disbelief — instead of a feast to tuck into, we get canapés. |
| 169762 | Fletcher Powell | KMUW - Wichita Public Radio | Fresh | — | 2022-09-12T12:39:39Z | 2022-09-12 12:39:39 | Miller knows we go to the movies to be wonderstruck. |
| 169763 | Russ Simmons | KKFI-FM (Kansas City) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-09-10T17:25:54Z | 2022-09-10 17:25:54 | Elba and Swinton are fine, but the intent of “Three Thousand Years of Longing, a very adult fairy tale, remains a bit murky. |
| 169764 | Dan Buffa | Dose of Buffa | Rotten | C | 2022-09-09T19:34:22Z | 2022-09-09 19:34:22 | This high-profile slow-boiling story of connection and unusual romance walks to its own beat for sure, just not one I liked or would prefer to revisit again. |
| 169765 | Pablo De Vita | La Nación (Argentina) | Fresh | 3/4 | 2022-09-08T18:57:11Z | 2022-09-08 18:57:11 | Miller captivates his audience with an extravagant visual universe and the intimate sensibility that surrounds Dr. Binnie [Tilda Swinton] and the genius [Idris Elba]. |
| 169766 | Martha K. Baker | KDHX (St. Louis) | Rotten | — | 2022-09-08T17:51:52Z | 2022-09-08 17:51:52 | It is a maxim of good writing to show rather tell. That rule applies especially to telling stories. But what about a movie based on the art of story-telling? ... Breaking this rule causes Three Thousand Years of Longing to be sadly mediocre. |
| 169767 | Armond White | National Review | Rotten | — | 2022-09-07T20:22:04Z | 2022-09-07 20:22:04 | Too bad Miller traded his gift for modern fantasy for pseudo-historical fantasy. |
| 169768 | Taylor Baker | Drink in the Movies | Fresh | 75/100 | 2022-09-07T00:27:43Z | 2022-09-07 00:27:43 | Three Thousand Years of Longing is about exactly what it says it is...and Miller adeptly navigates the eccentricities of the picture’s rules with the brash and controlled straightforwardness that only an accomplished director can provide. |
| 169769 | Diego Batlle | Otroscines.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-09-07T00:24:20Z | 2022-09-07 00:24:20 | Everything we may accuse Three Thousand Years of Longing of being (bombastic, pretentious, arbitrary, confusing, and self-indulgent) may be a virtue in a landscape dominated by pre-digested and prefabricated super productions. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 169770 | Jim Laczkowski | Director's Club | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-06T21:42:24Z | 2022-09-06 21:42:24 | Far from perfect, but insightful, fascinating work coming from a true visionary. I can see why many have reservations and issues but as an examination of the storytelling process, it ended up affecting me deeply by the end. |
| 169771 | Saskia Baron | The Arts Desk | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-06T19:24:23Z | 2022-09-06 19:24:23 | Three Thousand Years of Longing is a treat for anyone who loves ambitious visual film-making, albeit with quite a lot of talking. |
| 169772 | Isaac Feldberg | Inverse | Fresh | 7/10 | 2022-09-06T05:09:39Z | 2022-09-06 05:09:39 | At the heart of this romantically grand “chamber piece” is a passionate declaration, and as well a sincere defense, of the innate human desire for fantasy. |
| 169773 | Linda and Al Lerner | Movies and Shakers | Fresh | — | 2022-09-05T17:06:08Z | 2022-09-05 17:06:08 | Miller adds another unusual fantasy to his filmmaking repertoire, but the best part is watching Swinton and Elba’s in engaging repartee make their own special magic. |
| 169774 | Edwin Arnaudin | Asheville Movies | Fresh | A- | 2022-09-05T16:03:18Z | 2022-09-05 16:03:18 | Visually sumptuous and emotionally rich filmmaking. |
| 169775 | Matt Hudson | What I Watched Tonight | Rotten | 4/10 | 2022-09-05T12:37:18Z | 2022-09-05 12:37:18 | After a prolonged absence, Miller’s return is ultimately a disappointment - I felt like I had lived through three thousand years of longing for the movie to end. |
| 169776 | Raquel Stecher | Quelle Movies | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-09-04T17:14:08Z | 2022-09-04 17:14:08 | a fanciful meditation on the power of human connection and stories. Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton are fantastic in their individual roles but ultimately lacked chemistry with each other. |
| 169777 | Wendy Ide | Observer (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-09-03T20:42:01Z | 2022-09-03 20:42:01 | There’s something rather sterile and bloodless in the film’s approach, with its synthetic and soul-sappingly clean-looking CGI. Plus there’s the palpable lack of chemistry between the leads... |
| 169778 | Matthew Lickona | National Review | Fresh | 2/5 | 2022-09-03T19:51:02Z | 2022-09-03 19:51:02 | It doesn’t help that the ending is downright sensible, not after all the mad grandeur we’ve just glimpsed. I left impressed by Miller’s world but unconvinced by his message. I wanted, even longed for, more. |
| 169779 | Sarah Ward | Concrete Playground | Fresh | — | 2022-09-03T07:22:28Z | 2022-09-03 07:22:28 | There's a sense with Three Thousand Years of Longing that Miller has been released, too — even if he loves his usual confines, as audiences do as well. |
| 169780 | Sarah Marrs | Lainey Gossip | Rotten | — | 2022-09-03T00:39:56Z | 2022-09-03 00:39:56 | It teases at a grandiosity that never quite arrives. |
| 169781 | David Stratton | The Australian | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2022-09-02T23:21:13Z | 2022-09-02 23:21:13 | Something very different, and succeeding so spectacularly. |
| 169782 | Clarisse Loughrey | Independent (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-09-02T22:02:16Z | 2022-09-02 22:02:16 | Three Thousand Years of Longing stands in defiance of all of Fury Road’s sagest lessons. The film sags where it should speed; it mumbles when it should pronounce; it narrows when it should expand. |
| 169783 | Luke Goodsell | ABC News (Australia) | Rotten | — | 2022-09-02T21:35:05Z | 2022-09-02 21:35:05 | Like a true romantic, Miller's movie prefers to put its faith in love as a way of rescuing its characters from their existential oblivion. If only the storytelling was as consistently lofty as that sentiment. |
| 169784 | Tara McNamara | Common Sense Media | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-02T19:06:27Z | 2022-09-02 19:06:27 | Gorgeous but talky fairy tale has sex, nudity, murder. |
| 169785 | Joshua Starnes | VitalThrills.com | Rotten | 5/10 | 2022-09-02T18:03:31Z | 2022-09-02 18:03:31 | Like the morale of a fable, filmmakers have been trying to capture the ephemeral fantasy of the fairy tale on screen for as long as motion pictures have been an art, and for just as long they’ve turned good stories bad in the attempt. |
| 169786 | Javier Ocaña | El Pais (Spain) | Rotten | — | 2022-09-02T17:25:46Z | 2022-09-02 17:25:46 | A play with a mere few drops of good cinema with an uncertain audience in mind, despite its fantastical spirit, it is not for children, and its adult transcendence falls short. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 169787 | Dana Han-Klein | We're Watching What?! | Rotten | 3.3/5 | 2022-09-02T17:04:35Z | 2022-09-02 17:04:35 | Breaks our hearts because while visually impressive, there's a lack of chemistry between the two unquestionably talented leads. There's a self indulgence that left us with more longing than satisfaction (which in fairness... the title did warn us of). |
| 169788 | Jorge Loser | Espinof | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-09-02T16:37:29Z | 2022-09-02 16:37:29 | [Miller] returns to familiar ground (Witches of Eastwick, 1987) and one can see this as a more serene reversal of those same themes. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 169789 | Dulcie Pearce | The Sun (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-09-02T10:45:43Z | 2022-09-02 10:45:43 | There’s all the imagination and craftsmanship to make a decent film, but the story is not tight enough to make this Aladdin-for-adults a wish come true. |
| 169790 | Kate Muir | Daily Mail (UK) | Rotten | 3/5 | 2022-09-02T10:40:50Z | 2022-09-02 10:40:50 | The problem with this Byzantine package of whimsy is that it throws all possible spectacle on the screen, without truly engaging us in the characters. |
| 169791 | Tim Brayton | Alternate Ending | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-02T06:36:05Z | 2022-09-02 06:36:05 | A film that is fully intoxicated by itself and deeply inspired to be the "most" version of itself it knows how to be. |
| 169792 | Rachel Wagner | rachelsreviews.net | Rotten | 3/10 | 2022-09-02T06:31:43Z | 2022-09-02 06:31:43 | I was totally overwhelmed by the project and found it both uninteresting and bizarre at the same time. |
| 169793 | Fausto Fernandez | Fotogramas | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-01T21:27:32Z | 2022-09-01 21:27:32 | Ultimately, this fantastical ordeal is about two lonely people in a room oblivious to a modern world that is hell-bent on ending magic. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 169794 | Beth Accomando | KPBS.org | Fresh | — | 2022-09-01T20:04:32Z | 2022-09-01 20:04:32 | Three Thousand Years of Longing is a glorious valentine to the power stories have to teach us about empathy and the human condition. See it in a cinema where Miller’s bold vision has the expanse needed for such an epic yet intimate tale. |
| 169795 | John Lui | The Straits Times (Singapore) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-01T20:02:45Z | 2022-09-01 20:02:45 | Three Thousand Years Of Longing does offer a fascinating glimpse into how one of the most visually inventive Western brains of our time has processed his love of an Orient that has only ever existed in myths. |
| 169796 | Graeme Tuckett | The Post NZ | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-01T20:01:17Z | 2022-09-01 20:01:17 | A film full of minutely observed details and of respect for stories, the act of telling them -- and the places, literal and figurative, that stories come from. |
| 169797 | Juan Barquin | Reverse Shot | Fresh | — | 2022-09-01T20:00:12Z | 2022-09-01 20:00:12 | Miller’s film may dodge some of the thornier subjects it evokes, but his storytelling abilities make it easy for us to give ourselves over to his escapist fantasy. |
| 169798 | George Elkind | Metro Times (Detroit, MI) | Fresh | — | 2022-09-01T19:59:01Z | 2022-09-01 19:59:01 | In both its sincerity and its flashes of communicative inattention, the film proves evocative, angular, and ultimately winning even as it knowingly plies old tropes. |
| 169799 | Sandra Hall | Sydney Morning Herald | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-01T19:06:35Z | 2022-09-01 19:06:35 | It’s no blockbuster. It wasn’t designed that way. But it’s audacious, funny and consistently inventive with a lot of charm. |
| 169800 | Linda Marric | The Jewish Chronicle | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-01T18:18:00Z | 2022-09-01 18:18:00 | On paper, Miller’s film sounds more than little out there, but there is something pleasing and more than a little satisfying about a film which completely commits to its narrative without added airs and graces. |
| 169801 | Charlotte O'Sullivan | London Evening Standard | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-01T15:03:20Z | 2022-09-01 15:03:20 | Elba is great as the hopelessly romantic immortal. Swinton’s even better as the no-nonsense human hiding a tender core. |
| 169802 | Wenlei Ma | News.com.au | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-09-01T13:49:25Z | 2022-09-01 13:49:25 | Three Thousand Years of Longing has much to recommend it and anyone who loves a good story will appreciate George Miller’s ability to tell not one but many. |
| 169803 | Peter Bradshaw | Guardian | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-09-01T10:19:58Z | 2022-09-01 10:19:58 | Miller finds in it something gentle, ingenuous and heartfelt: like rediscovering a forgotten children’s movie previously available only on VHS. |
| 169804 | Peter Gray | This is Film | Fresh | — | 2022-09-01T01:03:58Z | 2022-09-01 01:03:58 | A fantastical and highly emotional romance drama that takes what could be a type of modern riff on Aladdin and elevates it to something far more vulnerable and soul-stirring. |
| 169805 | Kimberly Pierce | Geek Girl Authority | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-31T22:56:39Z | 2022-08-31 22:56:39 | Storytelling gripes aside, Miller’s visual direction keeps Three Thousand Years of Longing moving on an even keel. He crafts a cinematic experience at every level. This begins with the earliest scenes and lasts through the music... in the final credits |
| 169806 | Dhaval Roy | The Times of India | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-08-31T21:24:19Z | 2022-08-31 21:24:19 | Watch the movie for the impelling stories, compelling performances, and ornate visuals. It does get drab intermittently, but it will leave you with a bittersweet feeling. |
| 169807 | Alistair Harkness | Scotsman | Rotten | 3/5 | 2022-08-31T20:51:22Z | 2022-08-31 20:51:22 | Feels static, ossified by lengthy voiceover descriptions and two stars who sadly have very little on-screen chemistry. |
| 169808 | Susan Granger | SSG Syndicate | Fresh | 7/10 | 2022-08-31T17:38:44Z | 2022-08-31 17:38:44 | Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba play off each other perfectly in this idiosyncratic, whimsical, supernatural fable aimed at an older audience. |
| 169809 | A.A. Dowd | Digital Trends | Fresh | — | 2022-08-31T17:25:33Z | 2022-08-31 17:25:33 | An impossible movie. A strange and bewitching fairy tale for adults, unfashionable in its cerebral whimsy and mid-budget wizardry. |
| 169810 | Kristy Puchko | Mashable | Rotten | — | 2022-08-31T13:05:02Z | 2022-08-31 13:05:02 | 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' doesn't realize its romantic fantasy is a horror story. |
| 169811 | Ruth Maramis | FlixChatter Film Blog | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-08-31T02:19:26Z | 2022-08-31 02:19:26 | Despite all the grandiose spectacle, the main strength of GeorgeMiller's fantasy romance lies in the charisma of Idris Elba + Tilda Swinton who manage to anchor even the most outlandish flight of fancy. |
| 169812 | Mike McGranaghan | Aisle Seat | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2022-08-31T01:23:49Z | 2022-08-31 01:23:49 | The truest sign of a great director is that even their failures are fascinating. That brings us to George Miller's Three Thousand Years of Longing. |
| 169813 | Richard Roeper | Chicago Sun-Times | Rotten | 2/4 | 2022-08-30T23:10:34Z | 2022-08-30 23:10:34 | Three Thousand Years of Longing actually ends on a creative high note, but the path to that conclusion is filled with muddled adventures that play like something out of a 1980s B-movie. We find ourselves longing for the credits to roll. |
| 169814 | Walter Chaw | Film Freak Central | Fresh | 3/4 | 2022-08-30T18:58:02Z | 2022-08-30 18:58:02 | While I don't love this movie like I do so much of Miller's work, I do love thinking about everything he's trying to summarize about himself in the twilight of his career. |
| 169815 | Candice McMillan | Seattle Refined | Fresh | — | 2022-08-30T18:47:14Z | 2022-08-30 18:47:14 | The Djinn's journey to self-discovery - and freedom - is a worthwhile ride-along experience, one made all the more pleasurable by the beauty and all the possibilities of cinema. |
| 169816 | Yago García | Cinemanía (Spain) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-08-30T17:23:01Z | 2022-08-30 17:23:01 | Far from being a bad movie, rather a small and whimsical piece, but not without charm. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 169817 | Beth Webb | Empire Magazine | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-08-30T14:54:24Z | 2022-08-30 14:54:24 | Elba’s performance as a lonely Djinn with a bottomless reserve of charm, paired with Miller’s unbridled energy, make this a modern fairy tale worth seeking out. |
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