| Original Score: B | Feb 18, 2012

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 28, 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

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

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

The pace is slow, the message none too subtle and the boy barely tolerable. But the film is still better than the mainstream run of movies from Hollywood.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 31, 2003

Jeong-Hyang Lee's film is deceptively simple, deeply satisfying.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 24, 2003

Director Lee has a true cinematic knack, but it's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly, unabashedly on its sleeve.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 23, 2003

Profoundly moving without dipping into mawkishness.

Full Review | Dec 6, 2002

While certain cues, like the happy music, suggest that this movie is supposed to warm our hearts, Jeong-Hyang Lee's film is just as likely to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2002

Kim is the heart of The Way Home. She gives it simplicity, truth and a shimmering grace.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 6, 2002

If you ever doubted the power and scope of silent film, watch The Way Home.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 6, 2002

A beautifully observed character piece.

Full Review | Nov 19, 2002

The film is worth watching if only for Kim, who before this had never seen a movie, let alone acted in one.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 16, 2002

The movie is saved from unbearable lightness by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 14, 2002

The story, touching though it is, does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature, and even at 85 minutes it feels a bit long.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 14, 2002

A loving little film of considerable appeal.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 14, 2002

Punitively affirmational parable.

| Nov 12, 2002