I loved this dreamy story of a South Korean woman who, after immigrating to the US at 12 and leaving behind her childhood sweetheart, gets a chance to see him again as adults. With magnificent cinematography and wonderful Seoul and New York locations, it features an understated performance by Greta Lee in the lead with support from Teo Yoo and John Magaro.
Director/writer Celine Song is already racking up festival nominations with this, her feature debut after one TV movie. The music by Christopher Bear and Daniel Rossen (of the band Grizzly Bear) is available to stream on Apple Music and elsewhere. We can thank Shabier Kirchner for the lovely photography.
Magaro was last blogged for Showing Up, Grizzly Bear for Blue Valentine and Kirchner for Bull. Notable credits in Lee's long resume include two episodes of High Maintenance, five of New Girl, nine of Inside Amy Schumer, fourteen of Russian Doll, and sixteen and counting of The Morning Show. Yoo was in Decision to Leave, though I failed to mention him.
Rotten Tomatoes' critics and audiences are living it up with averages of 98 and 92%, respectively. I rented it on Apple TV/iTunes October 3.
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