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Grass

2018

Hong Sang-soo

Kim Min-hee, Jeong Jin-yeong, Ki Joo-bong, Seo Young-hwa ...

6.5

965

Drama A cheerfully melancholy story about the guests at a small café whose owner loves classical music. Kim Minhee, who won the Silver Bear for Best Actress in 2017, plays a café regular who always seems to be at the table in the corner writing on her laptop. She repeatedly draws inspiration from what’s happening around her, picking up the threads of the dialogue and spinning them further and sometimes even actively intervening in ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Jessica Kiang Variety	"Hong Sangsoo packs a surprising level of engaging complexity"	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"A lighter, slighter Hong (...) The standout performance in 'Grass' is once again the lively Kim Minhee"	POS
United Kingdom	Sarah Ward Screendaily	"Kim Minhee stands out among the cast (...) 'Grass' demonstrates a fresh type of playfulness from the prolific filmmaker. It’s a movie filled with his usual intimacy"	POS
United States	Bradley Warren The Playlist	"Brief but dense with ideas"	POS
United States	Lawrence Garcia AV Club	"Unburdened of any story significance, these images remind us of growth free from the vagaries of human experience, of beauty untethered from artistic imposition."	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A beguiling 66-minute charmer for hardcore fans only (...) [It is] much less consistently enjoyable than many Hong films twice its length"	NEU
Canada	Dustin Chang Screen Anarchy	"'Grass' is not groundbreaking or anything, but it's perhaps more cynical and darker than his other films. Still, Hong's human comedy continues with slight variations each time with delicious results."	POS

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