If you are anything like Dawn and me, then you have no clue what this movie is about other than perceiving it might be a genie orgy or something crazier.
I can assure you, it's not!
The marketing for this film is off-putting, completely misleading, and woefully uninspiring.
The film itself, on the other hand, is absolutely beautiful.
I don't quite know how best to describe it, but I can say we couldn't take our eyes off it. It's wholly unique. Powerful. Sentimental. Quirky. Meaningful. Surprising. Incredibly rendered cinematography and special effects. A fascinating, unfamiliar twist that contrasts well with what we think we know about those three infamous wishes. Two mesmerizing actors cast in pitch-perfect roles who do and say exactly what those characters should.
IMDB's 6.5 is, to me, criminal. I'd give it a strong 8.
The film will come, go, and be missed by mainstream audiences mostly because of one single (yet massive) marketing fail: a terrible trailer.
But for those of you who do go, I assure you, you'll remember Three Thousand Years of Longing and be emotionally moved by it.
Cool film, all the way 'round.
p.s. An interesting interpretation of the film by Screen Rant's Robert Pitman:
https://screenrant.com/three-thousand-years-of-longing-true-meaning-explained/
