Yi Seung-jun has crafted a remarkable depiction of love, understanding, and patience. Young-Chan's unique experience is expressed through watery sound manipulation, and tranquil cinematography that captures the intimacy with which he perceives the world.

| Feb 9, 2020

A deeply humane film in that way, relatively straightforward in structure and style but its story is one that is both timeless and moving.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 6, 2019

This is a great movie, memorable and subtle.

| Jan 3, 2019

Planet of Snail could totally re-orientate your perspective on life.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 27, 2018

There is a psychological complexity to this simply-made film that speaks quietly about great things.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 23, 2018

It's almost as if the images and sounds most of us are constantly bombarded with only serve to distract from a primal, tactile experience of the world.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 29, 2012

"Planet of Snail" is simple, direct and magical.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 13, 2012

Both modest and awe-inspiring.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 4, 2012

Gentle, simply told love stories are as rare in documentaries these days as they are in narrative film. That alone makes Yi Seung-jun's "Planet of Snail" a standout.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 26, 2012

A rare nonfiction romance film [about] a couple worth comparing your own marriage or partnership to, and the film is a wonderful, poetic portrait of true love.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 26, 2012

"Planet of Snail" offers a precious moment of clarity and simplicity amid a chaotic and poisonous summer, and tells an unforgettable love story to boot.

| Jul 25, 2012

With little story to speak of, Planet Of Snail is more of an experiential piece, closing in on the pleasure and wonder with which Young-chan takes in details like rain falling outside the window and the bark of a tree.

| Original Score: B | Jul 25, 2012

A deeply moving documentary about love, living with disabilities, savoring the senses, and being present.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 25, 2012

Above all, this beautifully photographed documentary is a poetic meditation on refined sensory perception.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 24, 2012

A portrait of practical symbiosis in both domestic and emotional terms.

| Jul 24, 2012

An unadorned, unsentimental portrait of a marriage, Yi Seung-jun's documentary Planet of Snail celebrates the daily life of an exceptionally collaborative couple.

Full Review | Jul 24, 2012

The spirit of the movie is nonjudgmental, an observational intimacy that, in turn, becomes inspiring.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 24, 2012

Even with the heaviness of some of its subject matter, the doc remains limpid and unsentimental until the very end, in keeping with its subject.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 22, 2012

An exquisite documentary about an extraordinary love.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 26, 2012

An absolute gem.

| Jun 24, 2012