Vier minus drei

Is Vier minus drei worth watching?

Yes — Vier minus drei earns a 77% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

Critics Consensus

Anchored by a raw, transformative performance from Valerie Pachner, this Berlinale Panorama entry has been praised as an unusually honest and unsentimental portrait of grief, even though critics note the film doesn't reinvent the genre it's working in.

Celluloid Critics Consensus

Audiences (85%) responded more warmly than critics (74%).

What is Vier minus drei about?

Barbara, a hospital clown, loses her husband and two young children in a sudden car accident in 2008. Adapted from Barbara Pachl-Eberhart's own bestselling memoir, the film follows her unconventional, sometimes darkly funny path through grief as she tries to rebuild a life and identity out of near-total loss.