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  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 20 m

Summary It comes to earth, removes its robe, and bathes in the water. If you hide its robe, it follows you home; if you care for it, it loves you; and as long as you keep its robe, it will never leave you. Abigail (Amanda Plummer) remembers this story and dares to believe it could be true.

Directed By: Lee Isaac Chung

Written By: Samuel Gray Anderson, Lee Isaac Chung

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 20 m

Abigail Harm

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary It comes to earth, removes its robe, and bathes in the water. If you hide its robe, it follows you home; if you care for it, it loves you; and as long as you keep its robe, it will never leave you. Abigail (Amanda Plummer) remembers this story and dares to believe it could be true.

Directed By: Lee Isaac Chung

Written By: Samuel Gray Anderson, Lee Isaac Chung

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
59
38% Positive
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63% Mixed
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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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38% Positive
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63% Mixed
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83
Sep 3, 2013
Plummer adds another comfortably unreliable character to her gallery, turning Abigail into an older woman with a schoolboy crush.
By Gabe Toro FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 29, 2013
Lee Isaac Chung's modern-day retelling of a Korean fairy tale is an experiment in space, narrative and physical.
By Violet Lucca FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 30, 2013
Lee Isaac Chung's film exudes a wonderful sense of originality, a daring and organic playfulness rarely found in American indie cinema.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 27, 2013
The gorgeous cinematography and generosity to Plummer’s emotive gifts almost make up for the mumbo-jumboness of it all. Almost.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 30, 2013
The tone teeters between delicate and affected, and there’s only so much flitting around and soulful stares a movie can sustain before an audience starts wanting something more earthbound.
By Farran Smith Nehme FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 29, 2013
Abigail and her Asian friend’s own “forest” is filled with overburdened metaphors and quivering emotions, quirks and tics and even regulation Malick-like twirling. Some of this is pretty; none of it sticks.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 29, 2013
The actress (Amanda Plummer) delivers a beautifully understated, emotive turn that gives this otherwise opaque movie some much needed heart.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Almond Tree Films
Release Date Aug 30, 2013
Duration 1 h 20 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.almondtreefilms.com/abigailharm.html
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Awards

VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
CAAMFest
• 1 Nomination

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