Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

blumdeluxe "Three Days of the Condor" tells the story of a civil agent of the CIA, who survives the murder of his whole department, only to find out that the attack could have possibly been an inside job. Seeking for shelter and answers, he has to prove his abilities in order to understand, which events led to the violent incident.The film is generally well done and I like how the main character tries to find out, how the pieces of information he receives could possibly fit into a bigger picture. It is also refreshing to see a case whose traces lead into an inner net of corruption and fights, rather than to an outside enemy. However, it was wuite hard to keep track of what's happening and even after re-reading the plot in written form, I still don't really get the general necessity to kill all those agents. This might well be my own limited logic but it seems like a rather constructed case. Otherwise you have some typical elements like the love-story that reminds of the Stockholm syndrome but some nice acting and a very professional production.All in all this film delivers some nice elements that unfortunately add up rather losely. It is, however, a step into a new generation of more complicated and reflective thrillers. If you are a fan of mysterious agency work, this could be your film.

donaldricco "Did you know the mailman?" Hey buddy, I AM the mailman! Anyway, there's only 3 days, not 6 like the book, but this is still a pretty good adaptation! And on it's own merits, it's a pretty good movie! Condor reads books for the CIA, but stumbles onto something, and all hell breaks loose in NYC! Cool to see New York back then, but the images of the World Trade Center made me a bit sad. Still, Max Von Sydow is always an awesome "bad guy" and his role in here was no exception. It's funny, I feel like he was sort of like a precursor to Javier Bardem's character Anton Chigurh in "No Country for Old Men"! Just felt similar to me. Good movie from a good book, no matter how many days are in the title!

writers_reign For most movie buffs still alive the template - innocent man caught up in intrigue and forced to go on the run, somehow gets involved with a woman who goes along with him - was arguably John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps adapted for the screen by Hitchcock in the early thirties, and revisited by Hitchcock via North By North West in the sixties and the basic premise was still working in 1975 in this movie. Okay, a veneer of sophistication has been welded on but it's still innocent man in wrong place at wrong time, fleeing for his life, hooking up with girl who, for no real reason, helps him. This time around it has polish in the shape of support like Cliff Robinson, John Houseman and Max von Sydow and taut helming from Sydney Pollack. In sum: a Bourne movie sans violence.

Kareneo I would under normal circumstances give this movie 8 - 9 out of 10 if it weren't for the horrible out-dated (albeit 'soft-porn-ish') violence against Faye Dunaway's character. It shows how far we've come that we no longer view the kidnapping of a woman in a film by the primary protagonist as a 'sexy' opportunity. EWWW! I'm really surprised that the 70s weren't more enlightened than this. Also quite surprised by Robert Redford agreeing to play such a creepy misogynist. It really spoils what would have been a near-perfect political thriller. I would under normal circumstances give this movie 8 - 9 out of 10 if it weren't for the horrible out-dated (albeit 'soft-porn-ish') violence against Faye Dunaway's character. It shows how far we've come that we no longer view the kidnapping of a woman in a film by the primary protagonist as a 'sexy' opportunity. EWWW! I'm really surprised that the 70s weren't more enlightened than this. Also quite surprised by Robert Redford agreeing to play such a creepy misogynist. It really spoils what would have been a near-perfect political thriller.