2002, 86 minutes
Directed by Rebecca Miller
2002 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL GRAND JURY PRIZE
Based on Rebecca Miller's book of short stories, Personal Velocity tells three tales of women as they escape their current situations. Segmented into three parts, Greta (Parker Posey), Delia (Kyra Sedgwick) and Paula (Fairuza Balk) have one thing in common, each struggle to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
A hit at Sundance, where it won the top prize and another cinematography award for Ellen Kuras. Rebecca Miller also won the won the John Cassavetes Award for the film at the Independent Spirit Awards.
Miller is a witty and socially acute observer; the three portraits in "Personal Velocity" are told with both novelistic richness and brisk, confident economy.
- David Ansen, Newsweek
Although each woman has only about half an hour of screen time, all three are more fully realized characters than any woman in a typical two-hour Hollywood blockbuster.
- Betsy Bozdech, DVDJournal.com