Yourself and Yours Reviews
Long one take scenes that grow old when they don't work and are as real as anything you'll witness in cinema when they do. The early scene in the bedroom made me think I was watching something special when in reality there was no connective tissue from there. Hong Sang Soo adds to his lengthy filmography with a film based on relationships and when they go wrong. After a 1st act that I couldn't look away from, we quickly learn this could have just as easily been a short film. It just sits there and the plot stagnates. What's the resolution? Yea, about that. Final Score: 5/10
Ignore the over-dramatic and over glamorization of Korean Soap Opera Drama and indulge in some small piece of South Korean Cinema that's more realist than aimed at popular crowds. Sang-soo Hong has made a very ordinary but relatable account of ordinary lives caught up in intermingling conflicts of domestic issues. Taking on the style of the not at all glamorous Sang-Soo's scripting even makes great use of it's actor's chemistry and structure throughout the film's run time. It's the type of Adult cinema older people would be more accustomed with even when coming from someone who is very well versed in South Korean Cinema of the noughties until today. I enjoyed the natural effect the film gave off as did the scripting and dialogue in particular, it just goes to show South Korean can make more contemporary tales without trying to be radical or glamorous.