“The Way Home” is a bittersweet film about a young Seoul boy who is forced to spend the summer with his grandmother, who lives in the countryside where the bus comes on a irregular schedule and an angry cow chases away little children.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 27, 2023

| Original Score: B | Feb 18, 2012

manipulative tear jerking moments are far too familiar

| Original Score: C | Jan 29, 2012

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2008

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 9/10 | Oct 7, 2004

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 7, 2003

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 28, 2003

The simplicity of The Way Home has few equals this side of Aesop

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 29, 2003

Thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances, the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 18, 2003

"The Way Home" is a commercial film that offers no cultural exchange, yet the silent performance of Eul-boon Kim enforces a visual storytelling style and both of these elements are strong even though "The Way Home" ultimately disappoints.

| Original Score: C | Apr 13, 2003

| Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 27, 2003

Eul-Boon Kim's soulful portrayal of the illiterate, deaf-mute grandmother illuminates the dignity of her demeanor and the sad resignation in her eyes.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 27, 2003

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 23, 2003

The film has good actors and enough quirky moments to keep it interesting.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 7, 2003

A sentimental hybrid that could benefit from the spice of specificity.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 6, 2003

The film is meant to be simple and charming. Unfortunately, it's simple and boring.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Mar 6, 2003

Both heartbreaking and heartwarming...just a simple fable done in an artless sytle, but it's tremendously moving.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 6, 2003

Writer/director Jeong-hyang Lee, in only her second feature, establishes a situation rife with gentle humor and honest, unaffected love.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 1, 2003

[The kid's] selfishness is difficult to watch at times, but if you have patience on the level of Granny's, the payoff is big.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 28, 2003