Personal Velocity: Three Portraits

Personal Velocity: Three Portraits is a 2002 American independent film written and directed by Rebecca Miller.

Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
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Directed byRebecca Miller
Produced byAlexis Alexanian
Caroline Kaplan
Jonathan Sehring
John Sloss
Written byRebecca Miller
StarringKyra Sedgwick
Parker Posey
Fairuza Balk
Music byMichael Rohatyn
CinematographyEllen Kuras
Edited bySabine Hoffmann
Production
company
Distributed byMGM Distribution Co.
Release date
January 12, 2002 (2002-01-12) (Sundance)
November 22, 2002 (2002-11-22)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$125,000
Box office$811,299[1]

Plot

Personal Velocity is a tale of three women who have reached a turning point in their lives. Delia is a spirited, working-class woman from a small town in New York state who leaves her abusive husband and sets out on a journey to reclaim the power she has lost. Greta is a sharp, spunky editor who is rotten with ambition. To spite the hated unfaithful ways of her father, she has settled into a complacent relationship and is struggling (not too hard) with issues of fidelity to her kind but unexciting husband. Finally Paula, who ran away from home and got pregnant, is now in a relationship she doesn't want. She's a troubled young woman who takes off on a journey with a hitchhiker after a strange, fateful encounter on a New York street.

Cast

Reception

Critical reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 69% based on 103 reviews, and an average rating of 6.5/10. The website's critical consensus states that the film is an "uneven, but a keenly observed and well-acted film about three women's lives."[2] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Awards

Personal Velocity won the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film and the Cinematography Award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.

References
  1. "Personal Velocity". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved Dec 11, 2020.
  2. "Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  3. "Personal Velocity: Three Portraits Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
Awards
Preceded by
The Believer		 Sundance Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic
2002		 Succeeded by
American Splendor


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