Overview
Two childhood friends are separated after one’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one week as they confront notions of destiny, love and the choices that make a life.
I don’t say this about very many movies, but this one is a movie for people that like good movies. It is a fascinating and sometimes heartbreaking tale about two people who are in each other’s orbit yet are still so very far away from each other. The viewer completely feels the longing that they both had, and I think that the fact that the resolution never seems to be in doubt makes it all that much more heartbreaking. It is so close, but….
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Past Lives
Movie title: Past Lives
Movie description: Two childhood friends are separated after one’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one week as they confront notions of destiny, love and the choices that make a life.
Date published: 2023-10-01
Director(s): Celine Song
Actor(s): Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-a, Yim Seung-min, Jojo T. Gibbs, Emily Cass McDonnell, Federico Rodriguez, Kristen Sieh, Yoon Ji-hye, Conrad Schott, Choi Won-young, An Min-yeong, Seo Yeon-woo, Hwang Seung-eon, Chang Ki-ha, Shin Hee-cheol, Chase Sui Wonders, Isaac Powell
Genre: Drama, Romance
My Review
I don’t say this about very many movies, but this one is a movie for people that like good movies. It is a fascinating and sometimes heartbreaking tale about two people who are in each other’s orbit yet are still so very far away from each other. The viewer completely feels the longing that they both had, and I think that the fact that the resolution never seems to be in doubt makes it all that much more heartbreaking. It is so close, but….
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My Review - 8/10
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