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Woman on the Beach
Metascore
72 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    91
    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.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    80
    A wonderful, serious-minded romantic comedy-drama.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    A South Korean romantic comedy by Hong Sang-soo, who has been likened in style to France's venerable Eric Rohmer.
  4. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    75
    Accessible, and often funny.
  5. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    70
    Dry, wry, difficult-to-capture comedy.
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    70
    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.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    70
    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.
  8. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    63
    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.
  9. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Richard James Havis
    60
    The film lacks Hong's usual insight and narrative innovation. It occasionally even feels self-indulgent.
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