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3 Needles · LeviOsa

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2005·PG

3 Needles

Drama2h 7m

🍅36%

🍅

36%

Tomatometer

🍿

68%

Popcornmeter

5.9

TMDB

Storyline

A three-paneled look at the worldwide AIDS crisis: in Montreal, a porn actor schemes to pass his mandatory blood test; a young nun makes a personal sacrifice for the benefit of a South African village; in rural China, a black market operative posing as a government-sanctioned blood drawer jeopardizes an entire village's safety

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Details

DirectorThom Fitzgerald

ReleasedSep 9, 2005

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guidePGCA

Studios

Bigfoot EntertainmentEmotion PicturesChum Television

The Movie Network

Super Écran

Téléfilm Canada

Cast

Chloë Sevigny

Chloë Sevigny

Clara the Novice

Shawn Ashmore

Shawn Ashmore

Denys

Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

Olive Cowie

Lucy Liu

Lucy Liu

Jin Ping

Olympia Dukakis

Olympia Dukakis

Hilde

Simone-Elise Girard

Simone-Elise Girard

Waitress Who Serves the Porn Actor

Chin Han

Chin Han

Soldier Xuan

Sandra Oh

Sandra Oh

Mary the Nun

Sook-Yin Lee

Sook-Yin Lee

Tong Xiu, the Rice Farmer's Wife

Tyson Hall

Tyson Hall

Rapist

Pierre Leblanc

Pierre Leblanc

Eggs Benny Guy

Steven Crowder

Steven Crowder

Depanneur Manager

Where to watch(NG)

Rent / Buy

Amazon Video

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

3 fresh · 4 rotten

Critics consensus

“In getting its message about the AIDS epidemic across, the film unfortunately sacrifices story and character.”

36% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

N

Noel Murray

RTAV ClubDec 2, 2006

The situations are contrived, the ironies are cheap, and the dialogue is overly blunt.

G

G. Allen Johnson

RTSan Francisco ChronicleDec 1, 2006

If nothing else, [director Thom] Fitzgerald has demonstrated how huge a challenge the AIDS epidemic is on a worldwide scale, and how it will take a concerted, intelligent effort to solve it. It'll take a lot more than throwing money around.

J

Jack Mathews

RTNew York Daily NewsDec 1, 2006

Only the African story feels complete, while the Chinese story is gloomily hopeless and the Montreal story is just a bad idea. 3 Needles is not about AIDS; it's about the exploitation of it.

D

David Lamble

RTBay Area ReporterMay 12, 2020

Thom Fitzgerald has taken a giant stride forward in this three-part/three-country parable of the insidious effect of the AIDS virus...

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Information

Title

3 Needles

Released

Sep 9, 2005

Rated

PG

Region of Origin

Canada, China

Original Audio

English

Runtime

2h 7m

Status

Released

Studios

Bigfoot Entertainment, Emotion Pictures

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