Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

Name: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Genre: Drama
Released: April 2, 2004
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 85
Cast: Jong-ho Kim, Ki-duk Kim, Yeong-su Oh

2004

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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter And Spring

Movie Details & Credits

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: April 2, 2004

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)

Director: Ki-duk Kim

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 103 min

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Christian Science Monitor - David Sterritt

Kim's movie conjures a sense of spiritual discipline as suspenseful as it is stunning to watch and exhilarating to contemplate. Read full review

Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman

The triumph of ''Spring, Summer'' is that even those of us who don't happen to be Buddhists can catch a glimpse of ourselves in the spinning wheel of hope, destruction, suffering, and bliss. Read full review

Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan

As meditative and beautiful as its title would indicate. What is a surprise is the extent to which it manages to be involving if you can put yourself on its wavelength. Read full review

Baltimore Sun - Chris Kaltenbach

Spring, Summer values life, beauty and even human fallibility, ascribing to humanity a nobility we neglect at our own peril. Read full review

Chicago Tribune - Michael Wilmington

An exquisitely realized film; a little gem, it keeps its conflicting or varying themes of tranquility and violence, sacred and profane love, recklessness and wisdom, in almost perfect balance. Read full review

Village Voice - Michael Atkinson

Far from a maxim-expounding sermon, the film is a fresh spring of irrational visual pleasure. Read full review

Washington Post - Phillip Kennicott

Though lacking in any particular narrative surprise, the film nevertheless takes the viewer completely by surprise several times. Read full review

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M.Daye

Feb 4, 2006

For a film whose objective is to recount the intricacy of life, 'Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter

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oblique15

May 9, 2013

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.

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adalberath

Jan 30, 2014

"Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring" is a movie about life, a movie about growing and learning, a movie about love and hate, and a movie about change and invariability. It's a spiritual movie, not a religious one. What is very interesting, is how writer/director/actor Ki-duk Kim"Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring" is a movie about life, a movie about growing and learning, a movie about love and hate, and a movie about change and invariability. It's a spiritual movie, not a religious one. What is very interesting, is how writer/director/actor Ki-duk Kim managed to put such moments in a serious film that made the audience laugh, and then during the next scene, they were serious again.… Expand

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JeffM.

Jul 9, 2006

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.

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SamSk

Jun 30, 2013

Another slow and long-winded movie. The only praise is the scenes. From start to finish there are short pieces of dialogue, a minimal amount of actual movement and characters that were very dull indeed. However, if you are a fan of artistic movies then it is worth watching.

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