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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The Hollywood ReporterRichard James HavisThe Hollywood ReporterRichard James HavisThe film lacks Hong's usual insight and narrative innovation. It occasionally even feels self-indulgent.
- 91The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayWoman On The Beach is a stripped-down, witty explication of how we all get stymied by the impulses and options inherent in the simple act of living.
- 80VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyA wonderful, serious-minded romantic comedy-drama.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoA South Korean romantic comedy by Hong Sang-soo, who has been likened in style to France's venerable Eric Rohmer.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleAccessible, and often funny.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanAlbeit not as textured as Hong's past few films, Woman on the Beach is no less engrossing--a rueful tale of karmic irony, self-deceived desire, squandered second chances, and unforeseen abandonment.
- 70The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisWry and tender and delicately melancholic, Woman on the Beach shows a newly confident filmmaker again working near the top of his form after the disappointing “Tale of Cinema” (2005), even if the new film unfolds straightforwardly, with none of the narrative ellipses and puzzle-box complications, the flashbacks and parallel story lines of his earlier work.
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirDry, wry, difficult-to-capture comedy.
- 63New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsThe two-part film focuses on Jung-rae's one-night stand with the protégée of a colleague he invites to his seaside retreat, and then with a second woman who merely reminds him how much he liked the first. The scenery's great and the performances adequate, but wake me when it's over.