Oasis 2002

G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: Lee's humanitarian plea for tolerance is one of the most original films of the decade, and Moon provides the soul. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: The actors' scenes together are simultaneously abrasive and oddly gentle: two untamable people trying to stabilize each other. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: A love story of two young people marginalized by family and society that becomes a scorching indictment of the indifference, cruelty and hypocrisy of those institutions as the couple inevitably come into profound conflict with them. Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: A loving and lovely film. Read more

John Powers, L.A. Weekly: This is a film that gives humanism back its good name. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: Strange and beautiful film about an ex-con and a disabled girl whose odd bond brings them briefly out of the dark. Read more

Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: The lead performers have collected prizes at international festivals, and deservedly so. They play their roles with such courage and compassion that one sees the souls of the characters rather than their afflictions. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Take my word for it: Oasis is one of the most deeply felt love stories of the screen in ways that you must endure a little suffering of your own to appreciate. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: This remarkable if overlong Korean film strips away much of the sentimentality and goody-two-shoes attitudes that the movies traditionally display toward disabled people. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Perhaps the most harrowing screen romance ever. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A brave film in the way it shows two people who find any relationship almost impossible, and yet find a way to make theirs work. Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: No movie in recent memory has translated so clearly the secret language of lovers normally lost on the rest of the world. Read more