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Woman on the Beach

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7.5 User Score:

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Based on 9 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Sang-soo Hong

Directed by: Sang-soo Hong

Release Date:
Theatrical: January 9, 2008
DVD: December 30, 2008

Running Time: 127 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Kim Seung-Woo, Ko Hyun-Joung, Kim Tae-Woo, and Song Sun-Mi

Joong Rae goes on a road trip to the west coast with his friend Chang Wook and Chang Wook's girlfriend Moon Suk. In the beautiful beach setting of Shinduri, Joong Rae and Moon Suk find themselves attracted to each other and spend a passionate night together. But where does life go the morning after? (TigerCinema)

What The Critics Said

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91

The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray

Woman On The Beach is a stripped-down, witty explication of how we all get stymied by the impulses and options inherent in the simple act of living.

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80

Variety Todd McCarthy

A wonderful, serious-minded romantic comedy-drama.

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75

New York Post V.A. Musetto

A South Korean romantic comedy by Hong Sang-soo, who has been likened in style to France's venerable Eric Rohmer.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle G. Allen Johnson

Accessible, and often funny.

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70

Village Voice J. Hoberman

Albeit not as textured as Hong's past few films, Woman on the Beach is no less engrossing--a rueful tale of karmic irony, self-deceived desire, squandered second chances, and unforeseen abandonment.

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70

The New York Times Manohla Dargis

Wry 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.

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70

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

Dry, wry, difficult-to-capture comedy.

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63

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

The two-part film focuses on Jung-rae's one-night stand with the protégée of a colleague he invites to his seaside retreat, and then with a second woman who merely reminds him how much he liked the first. The scenery's great and the performances adequate, but wake me when it's over.

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60

The Hollywood Reporter Richard James Havis

The film lacks Hong's usual insight and narrative innovation. It occasionally even feels self-indulgent.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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