Past Lives (2023)
7/10
Surprisingly held my interest
24 April 2024
A Korean boy and a girl are friends but after she emigrates to Canada when they are 12 they lose touch till college when he finds her online. But they lose touch again and she marries a Jewish American writer. Later the Korean guy visits her in NYC. They have some touching meetings and their feelings are interesting for the viewer to see. Love? One sided or not? There isn't a lot of story but what is shown is surprisingly involving.

They cast as the Korean an actor who is taller and handsomer than the American husband so the viewer is wondering if she will leave her husband for him.

It's tense but not in bad way. The people are all nice and human. No over the top melodramatic behavior. Just a bit sad but quite realistic.

What was the point of the story? Was the point that emigres end up with a so so life and a hot asian girl ends up with an average white man thing? I guess it's up to the viewer to see what they want to.
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