Tilda Swinton

Idris Elba

Erdil Yaşaroğlu

Sabrina Elba

Sarah Houbolt

Seyithan Özdemir

Aamito Lagum

Nicolas Mouawad

Ece Yüksel

Matteo Bocelli

Lachy Hulme

Megan Gale

Oğulcan Arman Uslu

Jack Braddy

Zerrin Tekindor

Anna Adams

George Shevtsov

David Collins

Burcu Gölgedar

Vincent Gil

Melissa Jaffer

Anne Charleston

Pia Thunderbolt

Berk Ozturk

Anthony Moisset

Alyla Browne

Sage Mcconnell

Abel Bond

Agani Gecmez

Ayantu Usman

Peter Bertoni

Lianne Mackessy

Harlan Norris

Leslie Krahner

George Zammit

Feride Eralp

Matthew Khoury

Burwaiss Ahmed

Edoardo Michelotti

Ronny Mouawad

Paul Prakash

Olivia Porter

Quaden Bayles

Botan Ozer

Georgiou Thomas

Arshia Dehghani

Talia Tulin Sert

Jean-Marc Agbogba

Kaan Guldur

Hugo Vella

Simon Abraham

Bryony Pyke

Hana Habbouche

Jyoti Barry

Madeline Berner

Kathleen Coffey

Nikki Hooppell

Stephanie Julien

Elyse Metaxas

Debbie Correira

Laura Foster

Ashleigh Geitzmann

Hannah Robinson

Felicity Tchorlian

Kate Wake

Mary P

Ron Hicks

Glenn Levett

Danny Lim

Rellim Egroeg

Eva Maria Barboza

Lulu Pinkus

Karen Ainley

Aska Karem

Melissa Kahraman

Bridget Maizey

Eric Presnall

Nolan Zadarnowski

Patryk Zadarnowski

Nathan Susskind

Peter Stephens

Louis Abdilla

Kevin Sun

Dean Hood

Nikki Barrett

Nico Lathouris

Robert Mackenzie

Annie Zhang

Jason Bath

Guy Norris

Paul Jeacock

Peter Pound

Andrew Corsi

Mark Sexton

Rachael Gill

Jane Dawkins

Eliot Knapman

Chris Jenkins

Yulia Akerholt

Joanna Pullen

Augusta Miller

George Miller

Ezgi Baltaş

Sophie Nash

Victor Hadida

Craig McMahon

Merilyn Cook

Lara Jade Birch

Yusuf Arık

Utku Sonmezer

Nicholas Dare

Terri Farmer

Jane Griffin

Jackson Ezard

Yasca Sinigaglia

Marcia Kelly

Osman Çankırılı

Xander Collier

Hasan Ersoy

Semih Ozkoseoglu

Virginia Mesiti

Penelope Berkemeier

Lesley Vanderwalt

Toygar Saltan

Erhan Alpdundar

A.S. Byatt

Pedro Eustache

Meow Nutjaree Wannasri

Ben Osmo

Tim Wong

Doug Mitchell

Lisa Thompson

Kym Barrett

Roger Ford

John Seale

Margaret Sixel

Tom Holkenborg

Paul Butterworth

P.J. Voeten

Sheldon Wade

Matt Dickinson

Jason Lei Howden

Drama

Fantasy

Romance

Three Thousand Years of Longing

FilmNation Entertainment

Elevate Production Finance

Sunac Pictures

Kennedy Miller Mitchell

Australia

China

United Kingdom

CinemaSerf

"Alithea" (Tilda Swinton) is a solitary scholar who travels to Istanbul to address a conference on the relative merits of myth v science. At the seminar, she starts to hallucinate and the seed is sown that perhaps the mystical is not so far-fetched as we might think! A visit to the Grand Bazaar sees her acquire a small blue bottle that, when attacked rather unceremoniously with an electric toothbrush, spills it's contents into her hotel room. A giant, hairy-legged Djinn (Idris Elba). In keeping with tradition, he offers her three wishes - but she is sceptical. Easy come, easy goes thinks she - and as the couple chat, she discovers just how he became incarcerated in this, his third, bottle. His are tales of love, lust, greed, power and sadness and he depicts them to her of his life of some thousands of years. He also declares just why it is so important that she actually makes her wishes; for without those he can never attain his freedom. It's good fun this film. An anthology of scenarios that entertain and amuse with a worldly and generous effort from the sagely Swinton who gradually falls in love with her now normal-sized companion. The dynamic between the two stars is engaging and effective, the latter delivering a charming contribution to a simple story of the problems of a series of unrequited loves over the centuries that will probably never find a straightforward solution! It's a quirky film, that moves along quickly and I really quite enjoyed it.

Manuel São Bento

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"Three Thousand Years of Longing is one of the most ambitious films of the year.

Relying on the genuinely charming, mesmerizing performances of Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton, George Miller approaches a famous cautionary tale through a distinctive form of storytelling, focusing on flashbacks narrated by the male protagonist. The multiple stories of the past aren't always fascinating, partially due to the chosen narrative method, which becomes repetitive despite enriching some of the core themes.

The immersive, atmospheric visuals elevate the overall piece with significant impact, making this a cinematic experience to leave any viewer contemplating life, desire, loneliness, and happiness."

Rating: B+

Nathan

I did not have many expectations for _Three Thousand Years of Longing_, but after leaving the theater it left me longing for more. I do not think any individual part of this film was inherently bad. The performances by Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton were captivating and their on-screen chemistry was amazing. The flash backs to the characters' lives were very fascinating. I really enjoyed exploring the lives of ancient civilizations in the eyes of George Miller. The overarching plot was decent, nothing spectacular. But the collection of all these different elements together just felt like a jumbled mess. The movie never gets in a groove and always feels like it is stumbling its way to the finish line. I felt the opening sequence was incredibly rushed and the audience does not really get to form a connection with Alithea before she unleashes the Djinn, and from there on the audience is whipped back and forth from flashback to present day and it feels incredibly disjointed. The jumbled up second act, deflates any type of momentum going into the third making it fall flat on its head. All this compiled together made a somewhat emotional and touching ending feel hollow and lackluster. Overall, as a collection of short stories this movie was a good time, but really does not belong together in a jumbled-up mess of a plot.

**Score:** _53%_ |
**Verdict:** _Average_