In Between Days is a wise and beautiful study of yearning and repression.
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11/29/07
In Between Days (2006)
84 %
Reviews Counted: 25 Fresh: 21 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7/10
Consensus:
In Between Days is a moving, artistic slice-of-life indie film.
Runtime: 82 mins
Synopsis: IN BETWEEN DAYS depicts the story of a teenage South Korean immigrant, Aimie, who finds it difficult to settle in her new North American surroundings. When Aimie falls for her best friend Tran, she struggles to understand her new feelings and make the transition from friendship to love.... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Jiseon Kim, Taegu Andy Kang, Bokja Kim, Gina You, Virginia Wu
Director: So Yong Kim
Reviews
The film has an admirable humanist agenda, but good intentions don’t matter much when you can’t care for the humans on the screen.
10/12/07
This superb debut feature by Korean-American director So Yong Kim seems to be constructed entirely of the ineffable and intangible, those fleeting moments that most movies treat as throwaways.
10/04/07
Top Critic
Kim keeps dialogue to a minimum and provides the barest of story arcs, using a handheld camera to probe subtle shifts of emotion in her nonprofessional actors.
09/07/07
A touching and personal story that captures the swirling emotions of adolescence and the immigrant experience - and the heartbreak of being in the middle of both.
08/03/07
[It] feels honest and direct, which is more than you can say about a lot of movies these days.
08/02/07
Too minimalist for its own good when it comes to story details and even essential basic factual information, In Between Days can best be described as a skillfully lensed missed opportunity.
08/02/07
In Between Days plays like a teen movie with all the narration removed.
07/06/07
In Between Days is a small slice of a suspended life, intimate and filled with the mundane details most people forget when the waiting is over and their real lives begin.
06/29/07
While Kim is unable to keep us riveted on her near-silent performance, the script and direction have a gentle sensitivity, subtly addressing cultural divisions while reminding us that angst, at least, is universal.
06/29/07
Its theatrical release today is an encouraging sign that there is still room, even in the midst of the summer glut, for a small, serious, unpretentious film.
06/27/07
Top Critic
In Between Days is shot in a documentary-like style, but some of the artistic decisions do not always work in the film's favor.
06/26/07
The most intriguingly circumscribed romance of the year, In Between Days locates two Korean teens at a precarious point in their relationship.
06/19/07
Touches a universal chord: that of families who never discuss sex and love with their teens. But this Korean drama has a glacial pace.
06/19/07
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