Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

stevewilkinson0910 An outstanding thriller with solid cast performances throughout. The Pittsburgh setting is a breath of fresh air and the tempo of the movie is its great strength. Moments of touching emotion tempered with fast paced action sequences. The story of an ordinary person put into a vulnerable and dangerous setting is always fascinating. You find yourself thinking, "what would I do in that situation?" There are very few plot holes, if any. No ridiculous special effects or unrealistic fight sequences that plague so many movies in the genre. I decided to buy the French version "Pour Elle" to make my own comparison of the two films. The reviews here that praise it unequivocally and heavily criticise the Russell Crowe version are way off base. the French version is mediocre at best. It lacks realism, the acting is wooden and setting is vague. The police and prison officers are not as intimidating, the parents of the lead actor are weak and the chemistry between the husband and wife is unconvincing. Just because it has subtitles does not make it any better!

emmkj20 Yes a well acted movie that needs an ending it's slow pace results in an unwelcome open ending. Shock horror she gets out... after watching Crowe's character flap around for over an hour and a half - the ending should close out 1. she's shot by cops, 2. proves innocence or 3. is caught with himself shot or visa versa.. or 4. Twist of all twists she's turns out to be a crazed killer ... none of which happen ... what a damp squib ending ....

jkt2006 Rarely does one come across a movie that is entertaining, engrossing and intelligent at the same time. This one keeps you engaged for a good 2 hours, well connected with the characters who are interesting, lively and above all, human. The director pulls the strings brilliantly without the viewer realizing about how and who until the climax. The central character played by Liam Neeson is brilliantly pulled off. Adrien Brody plays his part effortlessly as well, and Mila Kunis plays the role of a helpless mom with amazing conviction(have seen her in dumb Romantic Comedies only until now..) Overall, loved The Third Person, and am thankful to the creators for coming up with such well made a movie. Well spent 2 hours of my time!!

Robert J. Maxwell Not bad. Russel Crowe's wife, Elizabeth Banks, is sentenced to life for murder. Crowe concocts an incredibly complex plan to break her out of the slams and flee with her and their little son to Venezuela.Crowe is described as a schoolteacher, evidently of literature because he's teaching a class on Cervantes. So here he is, a naive pedagogue, and he escapes with his wife. How, you, the discerning viewer ask? Well, he reads a book about prisons and has a five-minute consult with the guy who wrote the book on prison escapes, Liam Neeson. Neeson has what amounts to a bit part. Only slightly more important are other recognizable names and faces, especially Brian Dennehy and Olivia Wilde, with her hard angelic beauty.The entire movie is a fantasy, of course. Crowe's schoolteacher buys a pistol. ("Show me where the bullets go.") Then he invades a meth factory, steals their cache, kills the main operator, and tries to blow the place up.The final two thirds of the movie are a frenzied chase. Crowe, Banks, and their kid are screeching around the streets of Pittsburgh, trying to elude the police, who are zipping around in their white squad cars and exercising a fulgurating intuition about who's who, what's what, and where -- labyrinthine enough to lose me from time to time.If you strip the story down to its bare bones -- rid it of modern devices, crashing automobiles, and exploding fireballs -- what you get is an old-fashioned film noir plot, and an exciting one. A brooding question hangs over the mystery -- did Banks actually commit the murder? After all, she says she did.The moral of the story: It appears to rain a lot in Pittsburgh.