Type in any movie or show to find where you can watch it, or type a person's name.

User Reviews for: Past Lives

Jordyep
5/10  2 years ago
Ngl I wanted a lot more from of this. It’s quite well executed technically, but the core of this is nothing more than basic, formulaic schmaltz. Within 15 minutes you know exactly how this thing will play out. In fact, you could give this script to a Hollywood studio and without any major tweaks they should be able to make a cheesy crowdpleaser out of it. Not that this movie is entirely free of cheeseball tropes regardless, just look at the obvious presentation choices made during the big reunion moment. Needless to say, this is not the _Before_ trilogy, what’s on its mind thematically isn’t particularly deep or interesting. Maybe I’m just saying that because I’m not a spiritual person, but isn’t this the kind of stuff that’s better suited for animated Disney movies? This isn’t a mature art film, which would be fine if it didn’t have the facade of being that. It also makes some really odd calls in regards to what to focus on. It doesn’t bother to develop the relationship of the young Nora and Hae Sung, right when Nora meets her American husband we get another time jump; these aren’t very satisfying choices dramatically. Thankfully there’s a lot to appreciate technically (the lighting, the long takes, the precise editing and blocking, etc.), but overall I think this is being massively overrated.

5/10
Like  -  Dislike  -  50
Please use spoiler tags:[spoiler] text [/spoiler]
Back to Top