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20th Century Girl

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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 10/22/2022
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. Go to Full Review
Nuha Hassan Nuha Hassan (Medium) 09/08/2023
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. Go to Full Review
William Schwartz HanCinema 03/04/2023
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. Go to Full Review
Jennifer Green Common Sense Media 10/26/2022
3/5
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. Go to Full Review
Liz Kocan Decider 10/25/2022
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). Go to Full Review
Romey Norton Ready Steady Cut 10/21/2022
3/5
What is lovely is a film taking high-school love seriously, and showing the complexities teen relationships can have. Go to Full Review
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delaney c Nov 29 cried for hours after it ended but i love the bright colors so nostalgic See more Philippe B Oct 15 Absolutely Devastating. See more Roh S Sep 29 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. See more Jul 25 I threw up from crying too much. See more kazuu u Jun 18 cute ni na bora <333 See more airon u Apr 20 PUTANGINA NETO PINAASA AKO GAGO TANGINA See more Read all reviews
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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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