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  • 2005
  • Not Rated
  • Koch Lorber Films
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2005
  • Not Rated
  • Koch Lorber Films
  • 1 h 58 m

Summary Save the Green Planet is a tilt-a whirl genre-blender from Korea that turns film history against itself to create one of the most savage, affecting and inspired anti-violence movies ever made. This is a movie that defies all marketing labels and is exactly what it wants to be: like nothing you've ever seen before. (Koch Lorber Films)

Directed By: Joon-Hwan Jang

Written By: Joon-Hwan Jang

  • 2005
  • Not Rated
  • Koch Lorber Films
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2005
  • Not Rated
  • Koch Lorber Films
  • 1 h 58 m

Save the Green Planet!

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
70
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 14 User Ratings
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Summary Save the Green Planet is a tilt-a whirl genre-blender from Korea that turns film history against itself to create one of the most savage, affecting and inspired anti-violence movies ever made. This is a movie that defies all marketing labels and is exactly what it wants to be: like nothing you've ever seen before. (Koch Lorber Films)

Directed By: Joon-Hwan Jang

Written By: Joon-Hwan Jang

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
70
79% Positive
11 Reviews
21% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
70
79% Positive
11 Reviews
21% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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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.
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75
Certainly a bizarre kind of virtuoso filmmaking, but it does not feel precocious or burdened with too many ideas.
By Jennie Punter FULL REVIEW
75
Will thrill those who prefer their violence graphic and their comedy surreal.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
70
Ferociously entertaining.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
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.
By Derek Elley FULL REVIEW
60
Exists as a freaked-out drama rather than a parody.
By Richard James Havis FULL REVIEW
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.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW

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5.0
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Mixed or Average Based on 14 User Ratings
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43% Positive
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29% Mixed
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29% Negative
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Production Company CJ Entertainment, Sidus
Release Date Apr 20, 2005
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Perhaps you, are an alien?
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Awards

Grand Bell Awards, South Korea
• 3 Wins & 9 Nominations
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Busan Film Critics Association (BCFA)
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

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