The New York Times
May have slain them in South Korea, but its packaged pain and bullet-point structure are likely to leave Western audiences cold.
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Ode to My Father
South Korean melodrama Korea set amid the chaos of refugees fleeing the Korean War in 1950. A young boy, Duk-soo, sees his fate change when he loses track of his father and vows to take care of his family - a lifelong promise that would span 60 years.
2014Rating: M126 minsSouth KoreaKorean with English subtitles
DramaWorld Cinema
- Director:
- Youn Jk ('Haeundae')
- Writer:
- Soo-jin Park
- Cast:
- Jeong-min HwangYunjin Kim
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Los Angeles Times
Tugging shamelessly yet persuasively on the heartstrings... an epic melodrama capturing more than half a century of recent history through the eyes of an everyman shopkeeper.
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Hollywood Reporter
Overwhelming tear-jerker as bombastic and parochial as a national anthem.
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