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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Slant MagazineSlant MagazineHong Sang-soo hits the beach once again in his latest project, another austerely amusing study of hopeless neurotics making a mockery of leisure.
- 75New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNew York PostFarran Smith NehmeThe conceit is slight, but Hong's playful structure conceals sharp observations about fantasies, communication, and how foreigners and natives interact.
- Two arthouse "worlds" collide with amusing and intriguing -- if hardly earth-shattering -- results in cult Korean writer-director Hong Sangsoo's In Another Country.
- 70Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonThe cumulative impression is of figures being lightly traced in the sand only to be inevitably washed away, intentionally ephemeral and quite charming for it.
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottWhat the point here might be is a bit more elusive. It may be simply to allow Ms. Huppert, one of the most adventurous actresses in movies, the opportunity to try something new. And that might be enough.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIn Another Country looks very much like something written on a napkin and shot in the one afternoon that Huppert could come to South Korea. Slight, diverting, forgettable.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfNo exchanges flare into true weirdness; rather, the mood is lingering and tentative. Undoubtedly, this is the movie's intent, but it's a fairly banal comment on foreign estrangement (or love) that could have used some roughing up.
- It almost seems as if Hong is poking fun at his own single-minded oeuvre, creating a fractal representation of how his other films obliquely interrelate.