Rolling Stone
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Jones shakes you in a way you do not see coming. His movie is a powder keg." 12/15/2005 p.162New York Times
"[The film] strikes both fresh and familiar chords, most of them pleasingly dissonant. Directed with a steady hand and an eye for eccentric detail..." 12/14/2005 p.E1 Entertainment Weekly
"THREE BURIALS has some savvy scenes of small-town gossip and adultery..." 02/01/2006 p.62 Los Angeles Times
"Tommy Lee Jones has been a strong and witty presence in the movies, and in directing himself he has reached the pinnacle of his career with THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA." 12/14/2005 p.E9 Uncut
4 stars out of 5 -- "[E]vocative of Peckinpah's death-drenched Mexican masterworks THE WILD BUNCH and BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA." 04/01/2006 p.133 Sight and Sound
"Beautifully shot by Chris Menges and expertly acted by Barry Pepper...Dwight Yoakam...and, most compelling of all, Jones, this is a film that, for all its echoes of other cross-border excursions, is genuinely original." 04/01/2006 p.76 Total Film
5 stars out of 5 -- "The magic of THREE BURIALS lies in Jones' understated, hugely affecting performance." 08/01/2006 p.95 Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] tough, touching and darkly comic directorial effort." 09/01/2006 p.214 | 
