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Spa Night

2016

Andrew Ahn

Joe Seo, Haerry Kim, Youn Ho Cho, Tae Song ...

5.6

124

Drama Los Angeles' Korean spas serve as meeting place and bridge between past and future for generations of immigrant families; Spa Night explores one Korean-American family's dreams and realities as each struggles with the overlap of personal desire, disillusionment and sense of tradition.

	Author	Review
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"An impressive if extremely subtle first film"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"A valuable cultural artifact (...) 'Spa Night' serves as an homage to the sacrifices first-generation immigrants made in order that their children could achieve their full potential in the States"	POS
United Kingdom	Nigel M. Smith The Guardian	Ahn’s directorial debut uses the Korean spas of Los Angeles as a backdrop for a gay coming-of-age story, but – unlike the spa – it’s a chilly affair (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	NEU
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Andrew Ahn's sensitively told story doesn't break the genre mold, but it does unearth some unique pleasures."	POS
United States	Sheila O'Malley rogerebert.com	"Its focus on the interior maelstrom of a teenager is extremely insightful (...) Films are not required to offer solutions, but 'Spa Night' is too static and repetitive (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"The spa is a potent metaphor for the converging social currents and generational tensions in a culture for whom material success trumps any hopes of self-fulfillment."	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"A muted melodrama with a keen understanding of subtle social divides (...) A promising debut from a filmmaker with a lot of insight"	POS

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