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Personal Velocity

Original title: Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
  • 20022002
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  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
3.7K
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Fairuza Balk, Parker Posey, and Kyra Sedgwick in Personal Velocity (2002)
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  • Drama
  • Romance
Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
3.7K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Rebecca Miller
  • Writer
    • Rebecca Miller(book "Personal Velocity")
  • Stars
    • Kyra Sedgwick
    • Parker Posey
    • Fairuza Balk
Top credits
  • Director
    • Rebecca Miller
  • Writer
    • Rebecca Miller(book "Personal Velocity")
  • Stars
    • Kyra Sedgwick
    • Parker Posey
    • Fairuza Balk
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 70User reviews
    • 56Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 5 nominations

    Videos1

    Personal Velocity
    Trailer 2:15
    Personal Velocity

    Photos66

    Parker Posey in Personal Velocity (2002)
    Kyra Sedgwick in Personal Velocity (2002)
    Parker Posey and Tim Guinee in Personal Velocity (2002)
    Parker Posey in Personal Velocity (2002)
    Fairuza Balk in Personal Velocity (2002)
    Kyra Sedgwick in Personal Velocity (2002)
    Parker Posey in Personal Velocity (2002)
    Parker Posey, Kyra Sedgwick, and Rebecca Miller at an event for Personal Velocity (2002)
    Parker Posey, Kyra Sedgwick, and Rebecca Miller at an event for Personal Velocity (2002)
    Parker Posey and Kyra Sedgwick at an event for Personal Velocity (2002)
    Parker Posey and Kyra Sedgwick at an event for Personal Velocity (2002)
    Parker Posey and Kyra Sedgwick at an event for Personal Velocity (2002)

    Top cast

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    Kyra Sedgwick
    Kyra Sedgwick
    • Delia Shuntas Delia Shunt
    Parker Posey
    Parker Posey
    • Greta Herskowitzas Greta Herskowitz
    Fairuza Balk
    Fairuza Balk
    • Paulaas Paula
    John Ventimiglia
    John Ventimiglia
    • Narratoras Narrator
    • (voice)
    Ron Leibman
    Ron Leibman
    • Avram Herskowitzas Avram Herskowitz
    Wallace Shawn
    Wallace Shawn
    • Mr. Gelbas Mr. Gelb
    David Warshofsky
    David Warshofsky
    • Kurt Wurtzleas Kurt Wurtzle
    Leo Fitzpatrick
    Leo Fitzpatrick
    • Mylertas Mylert
    Tim Guinee
    Tim Guinee
    • Leeas Lee
    Patti D'Arbanville
    Patti D'Arbanville
    • Celiaas Celia
    Ben Shenkman
    Ben Shenkman
    • Maxas Max
    Joel de la Fuente
    Joel de la Fuente
    • Thavi Matolaas Thavi Matola
    • (as Joel De La Fuente)
    Marceline Hugot
    Marceline Hugot
    • Pamas Pam
    Brian Tarantina
    Brian Tarantina
    • Pete Shuntas Pete Shunt
    Seth Gilliam
    Seth Gilliam
    • Vincentas Vincent
    Josh Philip Weinstein
    Josh Philip Weinstein
    • Oscaras Oscar
    Lou Taylor Pucci
    Lou Taylor Pucci
    • Kevinas Kevin
    Mara Hobel
    Mara Hobel
    • Fayas Fay
    • Director
      • Rebecca Miller
    • Writer
      • Rebecca Miller(book "Personal Velocity")
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Maria Elena Ramirez's debut.
    • Quotes

      Greta Herskowitz: How could he still love me? If he does, it's because he doesn't know me. I'm rotten with ambition, a lusty little troll, the kind of demon you'd find at the bottom floor of hell pulling fingernails off the loansharks.

    • Crazy credits
      To my mother
    • Connections
      Featured in Personal Velocity: Creating 'Personal Velocity' (2003)

    User reviews70

    Review
    Top review
    Trite and shallow
    I am hard-pressed to explain the praise heaped on this movie, and must sadly choose the obvious. This film would never have been touted as it has if it were made by someone other than Arthur Miller's daughter/Daniel Day Lewis's wife.

    Of the film's three vignettes--domestic violence survivor, conflicted editor, and confused runaway--the second is most telling. Greta, the failure to her family, craves success and power in the literary world and only needs to have her innate talents recognized to do so. Her skill is "trimming the fat" from others' writing. However, Ms. Miller seems to have had no such attention paid to her own work. The incessant and intrusive voiceover dialogue, I assume taken directly from her collection of short stories, features pseudo-deep lines that made me literally laugh out loud.

    In addition, I found many of the camera tricks and plot devices amateurish and the characters shallow and essentialized. I cannot recommend this film, which basks in its own specialness and its claims to gritty reality. Ms. Miller is a tourist in the lives of the struggling women she attempts to portray.
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    • jonandclaire
    • Jul 14, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 20, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Enter Fleeing
    • Filming locations
      • Ellenville, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Blue Magic Pictures
      • Goldheart Pictures
      • IFC Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $125,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $811,299
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $29,943
      • Nov 24, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $890,502
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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