Poetry
critic Reviews
, 100% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Poetry is an absorbing, poignant drama because it offers no easy answers to its complex central conflict.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTrevor JohnstonSight & Sound
It's fair to say that the subject-matter... is likely to be a hard sell, but the quality of the film is such that it simply demands an airing.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJ. R. JonesChicago Reader
True to the title, writer-director Lee Chang-dong is principally concerned with rendering emotions that seem inexpressible.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMaggie LeeHollywood Reporter
Those with an eye for reading between the lines can find layers of meaning.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJustin ChangVariety
A deceptively gentle tale with a tender ache at its center, as well as a performance from Yun Jung-hee that lingers long in the memory.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDerek MalcolmLondon Evening Standard
In the way of good cinema, the full experience is entirely unsentimental and poetic.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter BradshawGuardian
It is a picture of something inexpressibly gentle and sad, something heartbreaking and absolutely normal, but something stirred up by a violent, alien incursion.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreFelicia FeasterCharleston City Paper
That untapped potential and creativity lurking even within ordinary people is the overriding theme of Lee's achingly poignant film.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJosh LarsenLarsenOnFilm
Yun gives us a lifetime in a few hours.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreArd VijnScreenAnarchy
Strongly recommended for the patient and contemplative, as is usual with the works of Lee Chang-dong.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBrian D. JohnsonMaclean's Magazine
This layered, lyrical drama from Korean director Lee Chongdong focuses on a Mija (Yun Junghee), a woman in her 60s whose life of quiet dignity meets a moral crossroads as a variety of unrelated events intersect.
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