Haunting and disturbing, Time is the kind of motion picture that gets under your skin and doesn't let go.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Mike D'Angelo
Simply put, Time is about the eternal war between infatuation and familiarity, and our irreconcilable need to find both in the same person. In other words, it's a parable about the root of human unhappiness.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
I'm not sure yet if Time is a masterwork, a deranged folly or just a showman's highly persuasive trick. Whatever else it is, it's a clean, economical and handsome film, terrifically acted, with a heart full of treachery and mystery.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Matt Zoller Seitz
Mr. Kim flips between soapy melodrama and dry, self-aware comedy. The effect is thrilling and disorienting, like walking on a trampoline.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
Kim is a hard director to pin down. This is the first time the inconsistency has spilled onto the screen, though.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Time, Kim Ki-Duk's pointed commentary on surfaces and consumer fads -- with particular meaning for plastic-surgery-obsessed South Korea -- is as tautly ''pretty'' and inexpressive as the results for those who compulsively seek cosmetic perfection.Read Full Review »