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Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterClarence TsuiThe Hollywood ReporterClarence TsuiAn impressive debut driven by a timeline-blurring narrative and nuanced performances.
- 80Village VoiceDanny KingVillage VoiceDanny KingThe cumulative impact of the delayed story revelations and Chun's startling vulnerability is both an elegant gut-punch and a furious indictment of a society that treats its victims with inexcusable aggression and hostility.
- 70The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSwiveling from past to present and back again, the writer and director, Lee Su-jin, drops ominous clues — a bruised boy; a mysterious infection — that only slowly coalesce into a larger tragedy.
- 50VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay WeissbergFor some time, the pic holds interest while constantly frustrating curiosity with the way it parses out information, but soon after the midway point the game becomes tedious, and attention slackens considerably even as Gong-ju’s ordeal becomes clear.