| Original Score: B+ | Sep 7, 2011

Reminded of 'Ever After,' a film that took a standard western myth and updated it with wit, verve and relevance. This is in that league, and rather more elegant and adult.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 5, 2011

Part Disney, part Karl Marx, the movie might be characterized as a North Korean post-revolutionary blockbuster. And though the persecuted protagonist is hardly a shrinking violet but not quite a budding feminist, hey, we're talking centuries ago.

| May 16, 2009

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2008

Chunhyang is a gorgeous, elaborate film that feels like a fairy tale with a fresh coat of paint. Unfortunately, the paint is the most interesting part.

| Original Score: C+ | Sep 20, 2007

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 31, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 20, 2004

[The] film is handsomely mounted--from the sets and costuming to the appealing young stars--and ultimately a lot of fun.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 18, 2004

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 30, 2003

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 8, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: C | Apr 3, 2002

Though a beautiful costume film with Hollywood production values and a cast of thousands, I just couldn't get into the epic story.

| Original Score: C | Feb 11, 2002

A seductively watchable, mythically resonant experience.

| Nov 30, 2001

A premodern folk tale in a postmodern form that refreshes both the eye and our ideas about storytelling.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 30, 2001

Song, colour, amazing costumes, drama, pathos, passion and, surprisingly, quite a few laughs -- it's all here in Chunhyang.

| Nov 30, 2001

Im's movie approaches a seething, primitivist beauty that evokes Makhmalbaf and parallels the contrapuntal textual investigations of Resnais.

Full Review | Aug 15, 2001

A beautiful-looking, lush and romantic folktale that's downright irresistible.

Full Review | Apr 27, 2001

Here's your chance to savor the work of Im Kwon Taek, the finest living chronicler of Korean culture.

| Apr 16, 2001

charming Korean folk tale in a palatable format for Western audiences

| Original Score: B- | Apr 13, 2001