[Time] ventures forcefully into black parody terrain by displaying the whims and narcissisms of the youth in South Korea... [Full review in Spanish]

| Aug 28, 2023

It's worth noting that even though the plot is daffy, cosmetic surgery is very popular in South Korea

| Original Score: B- | Jul 9, 2016

| Original Score: D+ | Mar 21, 2011

An alien anthropologist identifying humans as insects in man-clothing.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 2, 2008

an eisai to koritsi poy thelei na dei pos einai na to ksanaeroteytei to agori tis eno einai mia alli, isos na soy bgalei kai kana noima parpano. Ki isos na soy balei kai idees, an kai to apeyhomai, kai gia ton dyo sas to kalo

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 14, 2007

A pathological case study disguised as a romantic melodrama.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 24, 2007

A harrowing, weirdly funny and highly existential melodrama.

| Original Score: B | Aug 10, 2007

This is powerful stuff, so why does the movie feel less convincing the longer it goes on? There are two ways to tell this story -- coolly distanced or melodramatically hot -- but [director] Kim combines both approaches, and the mixture doesn't congeal.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 3, 2007

Time is well worth your time as a moviegoer.

Full Review | Jul 25, 2007

It's a trip.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 23, 2007

As tautly 'pretty' and inexpressive as the results for those who compulsively seek cosmetic perfection.

| Original Score: C+ | Jul 18, 2007

It's a strange and subtly told tale that successfully hacks into the desires and fears of most us who are trying to figure out how to make love work -- without sewing it all back together into a nice, pretty package.

| Jul 18, 2007

For some, the film will be a tedious experience, while for others it will raise disquieting questions.

| Original Score: B | Jul 14, 2007

Few modern filmmakers are as adept at crafting a haunting image as Kim.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Jul 13, 2007

An uncanny and thoroughly creepy nip-yuck nightmare about plastic surgery and identity.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 13, 2007

An exuberant, if cautionary, tale of love and plastic surgery.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 13, 2007

Viewers in Gotham will be perplexed, frightened, disgusted -- and, mostly, entertained.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 13, 2007

An unnerving riff on South Korean women fixated on the idea of ul-jjang ('best face').

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 13, 2007

Throughout Time, Kim Ki-duk flips between soapy melodrama and dry, self-aware comedy. The effect is thrilling and disorienting, like walking on a trampoline.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 13, 2007

A truly unpredictable film and you watch it transfixed by its singular peregrinations and the fatalistic determination of the monumentally wrong-headed Se-heui.

| Jul 13, 2007