69
Metascore
12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThere is a wonderful natural quality to Jeong's storytelling that is enhanced by cinematographer Young-hwan Choi's graceful camerawork and by a dynamic, contemporary score from M&F.
- 80Village VoiceEd ParkVillage VoiceEd ParkAs rich in incidental detail as it is narratively diffuse.
- 80The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsJeong's movie is at its best when it forgets about everything but the interactions of its cast, whether they're together or communicating via one of Cat's cleverly orchestrated cell-phone scenes.
- 80VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyEngaging, highly accessible movie that marks a slick feature debut by helmer Jeong Jae-eun.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThe film has many strengths, but one of its major assets is its solid sight line. Though we might expect it to go sentimental - with its cute cat, torn families and sympathetic, pretty protagonists - it doesn't.
- 70TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxRefreshingly serious look at young women whose relative freedom doesn't mean they're particularly free.
- 70L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmCaptivating coming-of-age story.
- 70Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesGentle, low-key first feature.
- 63New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe episodic film makes valid points about the depersonalization of modern life. But the characters tend to be clichés whose lives are never fully explored.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAs it abruptly crosscuts among the five friends, it fails to lend the characters' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them.