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70 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Bob Westal
    90
    May look like an ironic, jet black comedy -- and it succeeds brilliantly on that level -- but in it's sad and wistful heart, it's a completely sincere call for saving the Earth.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    80
    The best film in the alien attack, conspiracy theory, "Silence of the Lambs" rip-off, disgraced-cop drama, deranged circus wirewalker, anti-capitalist parable genre I've seen this year.
  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    75
    Very inventive, but stay away if you can't stomach over-the-top violence.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    75
    Will thrill those who prefer their violence graphic and their comedy surreal.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    Director-writer Jang Jun-hwan starts things off with a bang and never looks back, pushing up the excitement periodically.
  6. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthe Stein
    75
    A very human story.
  7. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Jennie Punter
    75
    Certainly a bizarre kind of virtuoso filmmaking, but it does not feel precocious or burdened with too many ideas.
  8. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    70
    Ferociously entertaining.
  9. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    70
    Mad conspiracy rules in Korean writer-director Jang Jun-hwan's snazzy, playful, some-what gory, often hilarious, and generally unpredictable first feature.
  10. Variety
    Reviewed by: Derek Elley
    70
    Though certainly not to everyone's tastes, this looney-tunes pic about a deranged serial killer who thinks he's helping Earth by killing off supposed aliens works on a variety of levels, from gruesome slapstick comedy through social critique to genuinely chilling Grand Guignol.
  11. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    67
    All the furiousness doesn't really add up to anything, but there is grungy fun to be had in gizmo-laden art direction and the increasingly bizarre battle of wits of the weirdly warped South Korean sci-fi black comedy.
  12. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Richard James Havis
    60
    Exists as a freaked-out drama rather than a parody.
  13. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    60
    Has a free-ranging mood, mixing tragedy and comedy irregularly, but Jeong's film is equally free with genre, and entertains its audience openly before pouring on the astringent.
  14. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    60
    At once a sick comedy, a bile-raising thriller and a genre pastiche, Save the Green Planet is a welter of conflicting tones, dissonant moods and warring intentions.
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7.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. JoeH.
    9
    one more amazing Korean film, touching on all sorts of ideas, brilliantly organized, both visually, aurally and thematically. the director is focused on his love for genre, pathos, every movie he has ever seen, and an obsessive yen for Kubrick. While we will see amazing homages to 2001, we are taken back to Killer's Kiss, all sorts of wild sci fi films, the wizard of oz, and it's mixed together with a speed freak anti-hero whose obsession for the truth will pull the audience through a world that makes Saw look like a 50's Donna Reed sit com. I can't wait to see what jang joon-hawn has on the griddle for his second film.… Full Review »
  2. NJStixx
    9
    Extremely well done.
  3. PeteF.
    10
    Awesome, funny and moving.
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