3 Needles Critic Reviews

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Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites

Though not as coherent as it might be, 3 Needles, with its stunning cinematography by Thomas M. Harting, is never less than engaging and suggests powerfully the myriad reasons why AIDS, after a quarter of a century, remains so difficult to control and combat.Read the full review

The New York Times | Stephen HoldenAdd Critic to Favorites

Had it taken a more hard-headed approach, 3 Needles, might have been to the AIDS epidemic what "Traffic" was to the drug trade.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites

If good intentions were all it took to create a decent movie, Thom Fitzgerald's 3 Needles would be some kind of masterpiece.Read the full review

Variety | Dennis HarveyAdd Critic to Favorites

3 Needles is a great discussion tool for World AIDS Awareness Day that never achieves coherent shape as a three-paneled drama.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Noel MurrayAdd Critic to Favorites

Give Fitzgerald credit for ambition and good intentions, but for all its truth-to-power saber-rattling, 3 Needles is distressingly dim.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | G. Allen JohnsonAdd Critic to Favorites

If nothing else, Fitzgerald has demonstrated how huge a challenge the AIDS epidemic is on a worldwide scale, and how it will take a concerted, intelligent effort to solve it. It'll take a lot more than throwing money around.Read the full review

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