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A movie director entices his young friend to come to the beach on the pretext of writing a script. He then starts an affair with the friend's girlfriend.
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| NewsBlazeKam WilliamsUnpredictable and refreshingly inventive, this flick certainly stands on its own as perhaps South Korea's kookiest contribution to the battle-of-the-sexes genre. |
| Slant MagazineNick SchagerHong paints a piercing portrait of impetuous, confused, selfish masculinity in which the thrill of the chase repeatedly proves more enticing than the rewards of triumph. |
| Seattle TimesJeff ShannonA richly satisfying film that compassionately probes the human heart while preserving its elusive mysteries. |
| NewsdayJan StuartAn elegant serving of comic Seoul food from director Hong Sang-soo. |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonWoman on the Beach, perhaps [director Hong's] most accessible film (and often a funny one, too), is a good introduction, even if it is not a masterpiece. Here's hoping more of his films see the light of an American day. |
| Hollywood ReporterRichard James HavisThe film lacks Hong's usual insight and narrative innovation. It occasionally even feels self-indulgent. |
| New York TimesManohla DargisWry and tender and delicately melancholic, Woman on the Beach shows a newly confident filmmaker again working near the top of his form after the disappointing “Tale of Cinema” (2005), even if the new film unfolds straightforwardly, with none of the narrative ellipses and puzzle-box complications, the flashbacks and parallel story lines of his earlier work. |
| Film Comment MagazineChris ChangHong has a deceptively simple director's touch, an organic breeziness that makes things feel spontaneous and improvised. |
| Movie MetropolisChristopher LongA study of mannerisms and relationships that pauses for the occasional philosophic sidebar. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyA wonderful, serious-minded romantic comedy-drama. |