Review of 3 Backyards (2010) by Jeff T — 28 Mar 2010
Lovely, elliptical and filled with quiet dread, this lovely film is as clear an argument for the vivid independent film world as any I have seen this year. Though it doesn't yet have a distributor, it is as good as any small-scale film I've seen this year.
Depicting one tiny day in three suburban Long Island households, director Eric Mendolsohn sees every nook and cranny in the lives he puts under the microscope here, and if what he finds isn't new news, it's still perfectly observed and put together.
Great performances all around and gorgeous cinematography help contribute to make this a film the deserves a much bigger audience than a couple of Manhattan screenings in a film festival. Beautiful.
This review of 3 Backyards (2010) was written by Jeff T on 28 Mar 2010.
3 Backyards has generally received mixed reviews.
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