20th Century Girl

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20th Century Girl

2022

1h 59m

Drama

Romance

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86%

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7 Reviews

88%

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50+ Ratings

In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend, then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

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Claire Lee

Variety

Though its potential is not fully realized, “20th Century Girl” does manage to add to the timeworn theme of first love by providing a moving examination of what makes certain moments — and certain people — unforgettable.

Oct 22, 2022

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Nuha Hassan

Nuha Hassan (Medium)

A coming-of-age that deals with love, loss, and being true to themselves. The best part is that the friendship between Bo-ra and Yeon-du is genuine.

Sep 8, 2023

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William Schwartz

HanCinema

What changes Bo-ra from Kim Yoo-jung to Han Hyo-joo? How did those teenage experiences turn her into the woman she is in the present day? "20th Century Girl" doesn't have a good answer for that. She loved, she lost, and now she sells beauty lotion.

Mar 4, 2023

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Jennifer Green

Common Sense Media

The South Korean location, filmed in shades of green and yellow, couches the characters in a safe and gentle setting, allowing them to focus solely on matters of the heart.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 26, 2022

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Liz Kocan

Decider

While there are a few issues with the broad acting choices in the film, the plot of the film moves along quickly enough that there’s never a lingering sense of dread (as you often get with stories of mistaken feelings and identities).

Oct 25, 2022

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Romey Norton

Ready Steady Cut

What is lovely is a film taking high-school love seriously, and showing the complexities teen relationships can have.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 21, 2022

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Philippe B

Absolutely Devastating.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/15/25

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Roh S

This movie will stay with you in positive and frustrating ways. The Pros are that the film has a Perfect, believable leading vast and characters which lure you into the film and makes you endure an imperfect screenplay. The film elicits sometimes, unexpected, disembodied emotions as it plays off the impact and. influence of memory past, present and future across tome, place, space and meaningful connections. For example, the viewer is brutally confronted with the brokering of time lost and time redeemed, in a scene caught bittersweetly during the over emotive train platform scene. However, is not this unexpected vulnerability the crux of teenage first loves? Then as a final ending, the film actual takes a calculated but creative risk by time traveling virtually creating passage for the male lead to fulfill his heartfelt promise, years after the two lead characters parted ways. A recommended view if you want to be a bit hopelessly and unexpectedly entranced, despite a resistance to being so.... as imperfect as the narrative is.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/01/25

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Audience Member

I threw up from crying too much.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/25/25

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kazuu u

cute ni na bora <333

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/18/25

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airon u

PUTANGINA NETO PINAASA AKO GAGO TANGINA

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/20/25

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HELEN .

best i have seen tbh

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/11/25

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Bang Woo-ri

Director

Kim Yoo-jung

Na Bo-ra

Byeon Woo-seok

Pung Un-ho

Park Jung-woo

Baek Hyeon-jin

Roh Yoon-seo

Yeon Du

Kim Sung-kyung

Bo-ra's Mother

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Synopsis

In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend, then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

Director: Bang Woo-ri
Producer: Im Seung-yong
Screenwriter: Bang Woo-ri
Production Co: Yong Film
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: Korean
Runtime: 1h 59m

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