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Universal acclaim- based on 44 Ratings

  • Starring: Jong-ho Kim, Ki-duk Kim, Yeong-su Oh
  • Summary: Entirely set on and around a tree-lined lake where a tiny Buddhist monastery floats on a raft amidst a breath-taking landscape, this film is divided into five segments with each season representing a stage in a man's life. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 29
  2. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Kim's movie conjures a sense of spiritual discipline as suspenseful as it is stunning to watch and exhilarating to contemplate.
  2. A masterful portrait of the seasons of a life.
  3. Kim Ki-duk keeps dialogue to a minimum and actions simple in what is virtually a two-character piece. Humor arrives organically, often resulting in hearty laughs.
  4. Reviewed by: Phillip Kennicott
    60
    Though lacking in any particular narrative surprise, the film nevertheless takes the viewer completely by surprise several times.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Negative: 2 out of 22
  1. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring takes you to a Quite Peaceful place if you allow it to. I liked everything about it. It`s not just like any other movie. Expand
  2. M.Daye
    10
    For a film whose objective is to recount the intricacy of life, 'Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
  3. JeffM.
    7
    As each season progressed, my interest lessened along the way. Still, there are moments of stunning beauty in each vignet that it is a film woth seeing. The sum its parts is better than the whole though. Expand

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