The Isle
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8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6

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  1. AnssiS.
    Sep 15, 2002
    10
    So beautiful that I couldn't breathe when I watched it. Great!!

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Metascore
61 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    25
    South Korean melodrama uses a unique location, dominated by fishermen's floating huts, as the background for an overheated story that grows steadily more grotesque and unpleasant as it proceeds.
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  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    70
    At once predatory and vulnerable, Jung has a primitive intensity that speaks louder than words, carrying an enigmatic and often maddeningly elusive film that's short on dialogue, rational behavior, and narrative logic.
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  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    50
    The film nevertheless exerts a strange sort of power that makes for compelling viewing, even as its images force one to repeatedly look away.
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