Return to Seoul

Very good movie with great acting grom main characters

This tearjerker of a film made me think harder than I ever have about adoption. The unusual pacing of the film made it feel very real and autobiographical, but there were some cringey tropes of indie filmmaking, such as overdone emotional moments in the dance club and a piano outro. While it felt like a meal and the pacing dragged on a bit, it was all, however, thoughtful, compelling, well-executed and visually stunning.

A fascinating portrait of a difficult person in difficult circumstances. The culture clash portrayed here was inevitable but after the movie takes the audience to those uncomfortable places it has the courage to keep going and never provide easy answers.

I was looking forward to this movie, especially given the subject matter. With the exception of a few poignant moments, the I found the film to be tedious, self-indulgent, overly long, and aimless.

Great film. Beautiful from beginning to end. Hurts so good— and never is sentimental. This one will stay with you long after it's done.

Horribly monotonous, boring, sad, tiring, meaningless time suck. Based on the consensus reviews, it's an award winner. These reviews make no sense. Please don't see this movie. If you don't see this movie, you can't know how wonderful my advice is, so this is kind of a Catch 22; you'd have to watch it to understand how good my advice is, which would be a terrible decision on your part. Anyhow, you've been warned.

An incredibly unlikeable main character goes on a journey that makes no sense psychologically, sparced with self-mastrubatory "look at my directing" moments and terrible dialogue meant to be deep. Cliches and bad scenes made "cool" and "artsy" by their french-ness. I didn't believe in the journey for a second. Could've been a good short tho

Return to Seoul is a beautifully fluid and emotionally resonant film about family, memory and belonging. Told over several years this is the story of Freddie, a 25-year-old woman to returns to her birthplace in Korea. As a baby she was adopted by French parents and has lived her entire life there. When her flight to Tokyo is cancelled, she lands in Seoul. After meeting some young people who she befriends she is convinced to find her biological parents. She eventually tracks down her father, but it doesn't go particularly well. Over the next decade we see her life unfold. She goes back and forth to France and also has a new boyfriend. This is a beautifully observed film about belonging. For Freddie it's not just about finding her parents but also the feeling of whether she belongs in France or Korea. Ji-Min Park is wonderful in the lead role. This is a wonderful film that resonated with me quite strongly.

As others have said, an intensely unlikeable and generally obnoxious main character means that the movie has some heavy lifting to do…which it cannot sustain. Potentially interesting subject, a few genuinely original moments, but quickly spoiled by cliches or silly dramatic scenes. Boo.

Love this movie so much