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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Crest International
  • 2 h 1 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Crest International
  • 2 h 1 m

Summary Quite by accident, a film director arrives in town a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, he stops by a restored, old palace and meets a fledgling artist. She’s never seen any of his films, but knows he’s famous. They talk. And together, they go to her workshop to look at her paintings, have Sushi and Soju. More ...

Directed By: Hong Sang-soo

Written By: Hong Sang-soo

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Crest International
  • 2 h 1 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Crest International
  • 2 h 1 m

Right Now, Wrong Then

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 16 Critic Reviews
must-see
81
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 14 User Ratings
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Summary Quite by accident, a film director arrives in town a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, he stops by a restored, old palace and meets a fledgling artist. She’s never seen any of his films, but knows he’s famous. They talk. And together, they go to her workshop to look at her paintings, have Sushi and Soju. More ...

Directed By: Hong Sang-soo

Written By: Hong Sang-soo

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 16 Critic Reviews
81
88% Positive
14 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 16 Critic Reviews
81
88% Positive
14 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Jun 22, 2016
Right Now, Wrong Then — which won the top prize at 2015’s Locarno Film Festival, and is heroically being released by brand-new distributor Grasshopper Film — is not only his finest work to date but also the very best film released in 2016 so far.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
90
Mar 3, 2016
Either hour alone would be a wry, incisive, quietly painful drama, set at the intersection of art and life, about foregrounded action and the weight of personal history. Together, the two parts make a radical fiction about the crucial role of imagination in lived experience. Hong’s narrative gamesmanship reveals agonized regret.
By Richard Brody FULL REVIEW
88
Mar 28, 2016
Spotting and processing the countless differences between the parts offers pleasures on various levels.
By James Lattimer FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 23, 2016
Contemplating both tales in succession can induce a far from unpleasant sense of vertigo, a feeling of standing at the edge of an abyss of wide-open philosophical questions and deep psychological mysteries.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 3, 2016
There’s an element of playfulness here – Hong challenges us to identify the subtle shifts in emphasis and interplay between the two versions of the story. The narrative expands into an intricate game of spot the difference.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 3, 2016
Right Now, Wrong Then is a film of minute observations rather than grand revelations, less concerned with butterfly-effect consequentiality than the variable human foibles that can turn a bad day into a good one.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 23, 2016
In the end, Right Now, Wrong Then is a two-piece puzzle that's less than the sum of its parts.
By Sherilyn Connelly FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 14 User Ratings
8.1
93% Positive
13 Ratings
0% Mixed
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7% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 14 User Ratings
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93% Positive
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0% Mixed
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7% Negative
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Production Company Jeonwonsa Film
Release Date Jun 24, 2016
Duration 2 h 1 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/jeonwonsamovie
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Awards

Locarno International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Wildflower Film Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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