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Three Dollars

  • 2005
  • R
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
735
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Three Dollars (2005)
Drama

THREE DOLLARS is the story of Eddie, an honest, compassionate man who finds himself with a wife, a child, and three dollars. Eddie's world revolves around the three women in his life: his br... Read allTHREE DOLLARS is the story of Eddie, an honest, compassionate man who finds himself with a wife, a child, and three dollars. Eddie's world revolves around the three women in his life: his brilliant wife Tanya, a passionate academic, their six year old daughter Abby, who heightens... Read allTHREE DOLLARS is the story of Eddie, an honest, compassionate man who finds himself with a wife, a child, and three dollars. Eddie's world revolves around the three women in his life: his brilliant wife Tanya, a passionate academic, their six year old daughter Abby, who heightens the stakes on every decision Eddie makes, and his childhood sweetheart, the beautiful, pr... Read all

  • Director
    • Robert Connolly
  • Writers
    • Elliot Perlman
    • Robert Connolly
  • Stars
    • David Wenham
    • Frances O'Connor
    • Sarah Wynter
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    735
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Robert Connolly
    • Writers
      • Elliot Perlman
      • Robert Connolly
    • Stars
      • David Wenham
      • Frances O'Connor
      • Sarah Wynter
    • 16User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 5 nominations

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    David Wenham
    David Wenham
    • Eddie Harnovey
    Frances O'Connor
    Frances O'Connor
    • Tanya Harnovey
    Sarah Wynter
    Sarah Wynter
    • Amanda
    Robert Menzies
    • Nick
    David Roberts
    David Roberts
    • Gerard
    Nicole Nabout
    Nicole Nabout
    • Kate
    Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik
    • Abby Harnovey
    Nico Billeam
    • Tiny
    Christopher Bunworth
    Christopher Bunworth
    • Chamberlain
    Phillip Griffiths
    • Young Eddie Harnovey
    Casey Petersen
    • Young Amanda
    Helen Fletcher
    • Amanda's Mother
    Phil Jones
    • Mr. Claremont
    Kieron O'Leary
    • Young Eddie's Father
    • (as Keiron O'Leary)
    Jamie Robertson
    • Record Shop Assistant
    John Flaus
    John Flaus
    • Old Man Williamson
    Elspeth Ballantyne
    Elspeth Ballantyne
    • Eddie's Mother
    Jim Alexander
    • Eddie's Father
    • Director
      • Robert Connolly
    • Writers
      • Elliot Perlman
      • Robert Connolly
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    User reviews16

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    9/10
    Worth more than the title
    I saw "Three Dollars" today, on a bleak Canberra day. It was not the best Australian movie I have ever seen (my heart belongs to "Picnic at Hanging Rock"). But it was the kind of movie that Australians ought to make (rather than being the location for explosion-based stuff from the US) and that Australians ought to queue to see. It was unerringly about us. Not the flatulent lies of nationalism or the chest-beating idiocies of economic rationalism. It was about how, faced with the second of those two catastrophes, a decent man emerged. He did not win (not in the film, anyway). His professional concern about a toxic land development did not stop it. He did not win Lotto, or write an award winning book. The most he may have done was change the perceptions of Amanda, a representative of those who succeed when goodness is a handicap. Like good men everywhere, since the Biblical Job, he tried throughout to act as a good man should. As is inevitable with screenplays adapted from literature, there were options that could have been taken and were not. One could quibble, but I'll leave that to others. Long scenes may have alienated some viewers, but were uncomfortably real - in my life at least, conversations don't end with the bit that advances the plot and events spill out in several directions at once. (Linearity is a curse!). The performances were uniformly sound. David Wenham showed versatility and a depth that was present in "The Boys". Frances O'Connor underplayed wonderfully, so that the Edam cheese scene became the strongest signal of her character. The child was unusually persuasive and thoughtful direction produced depth and colour from the more peripheral roles (the alcoholic, the creature made manager and Kate, the friend of Tracey). This is a film of lacerating honesty, and a work that asks whether society is advanced by blind progress. Eliot Perlman's book from which the film was adapted was a revelation - an epistle of decency written by a lawyer - and his second book ("Seven Types of Ambiguity") is even more challenging. I look forward to the film and am trying to predict the cast already.
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    • pbluck
    • May 17, 2005

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    • Release date
      • April 21, 2005 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • Australia
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Три доллара
    • Filming locations
      • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Production company
      • Arenafilm
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $872,846
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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