Da-reun na-ra-e-suh 2012

Karina Longworth, L.A. Weekly: The presence of Huppert in this one suggests an interest in branching out beyond the cult faithful. Read more

Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: If you take the film as the bauble it is, you'll be entertained by its lighthearted wit, social observations and resolute sidestepping of profundity. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: A movie may be a representation of the world, but it is also something that happens in the world, which means that sustaining a cinematic illusion and breaking it are equally beside the point. Read more

Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: By the time its third story kicked in, "In Another Country" lost me. Read more

Mike D'Angelo, AV Club: 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. Read more

Neil Young, Hollywood Reporter: It is - for all its charms, and despite Hong's trademark formal experimentation -- ultimately rather lightweight stuff. Read more

Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: A beguiling set of variations on a theme, a gossamer-light etude composed for delight rather than dissection. Read more

Richard Brody, New Yorker: Hong Sang-soo's intricate new comedy of broken romance reaches exquisite heights of self-mocking pathos, painterly finesse, and symbolic density. Read more

Sam Stander, NPR: In Another Country sets its characters adrift inside its own narrative sphere, letting them live several lives in the course of an hour and a half, and letting us share in their freedom. Read more

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: Isabelle Huppert has reached that magical point where she gives a thrill of delight simply by showing up, her decades of great performances seeming to hover around her like a halo. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: It's a fairly banal comment on foreign estrangement (or love) that could have used some roughing up. Read more

Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: The cumulative impression is of figures being lightly traced in the sand only to be inevitably washed away, intentionally ephemeral and quite charming for it. Read more