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Cobweb

Play trailer 1:23 Poster for Cobweb Released Feb 9, 2024 2h 15m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film 'Cobweb', but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?
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Cobweb has no shortage of sticky strands, even as Kim Jee-woon's ambitious effort threatens to become an overly tangled blend of satire and meta-fiction.

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Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com It’s as if Kim is testing himself to see if he could make a self-indulgent, unsubstantial lark of a comedy. He can. Sorta. Rated: 2/4 Feb 12, 2024 Full Review Brandon Yu New York Times “Cobweb” falls victim, ironically, to its own punchline — becoming a movie that is too obsessed with itself. Feb 8, 2024 Full Review Jessica Kiang Variety A film containing another film; a filmmaker referring to the trials of a filmmaker: It's a movie of many layers, all of them garish and goofy, none of them great. Jun 23, 2023 Full Review William Schwartz HanCinema Focuses mainly on the absurd dramas of film production, with Director Kim's legitimacy as an artist rather paradoxically confirmed by his genuine obliviousness to everything that's going on with his cast and crew. Nov 5, 2024 Full Review Daniel Allen Loud and Clear Reviews If Cobweb is supposed to be a satire on filmmaking, that element takes a back seat as the film enters absurdist territory near the end... Nevertheless, it is a frenetic and, at times, humorous film that works best as an enjoyable farce. Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 25, 2024 Full Review Joe Muldoon Battle Royale With Cheese Underneath the laughs and lunacy, there's a very important discourse about censorship and authoritarianism; for cinema to live, it must be free. Free from external interference, from expressive restraint, and free to be as open and original as it wishes. Feb 19, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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JeeHwan (Luke) L “If you really love Korean film you should study the history of Korean film, than watch it. It is such an amazing film. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/25 Full Review Dean Chungho K Underwhelming, and really confusing. I did not like this film at all Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/24 Full Review Alan W In writer-director Kim Jee-woon's new film, Song Kang-ho's Kim Yeol is a movie director in the 1970s haunted by the recent death of his mentor and determined to succeed in his place and proves he's not a hack. Unsure about the ending of his latest film, a hilariously overblown and tonally spot on gothic family melodrama, also called Cobweb, he's convinced that 2 extra days of reshoots will turn it into the masterpiece he dreams of, though inevitably his plans begin to derail and chaos soon takes over his movie set. Partly a satire of the strict censorship regime which existed there back then when government script approval is required before any shooting can begin; and partly a farce where an increasingly desperate and obsessed director wrangles his cast and crew against a running clock and mounting obstacles in the form of surprise visits from government officials and on-set romantic entanglements, this is a deliriously entertaining and funny film, especially for a cine-literate audience who enjoys a peek behind the curtains to see how the smoke and mirrors work to produce cinematic magic on the screen. A delightful and grounded cast, especially for a Korean one, thankfully doesn't stray into their usual exaggerated over-acting; while a climactic sequence pushing Kim into a frenzy state as he attempts to get a meticulously planned one-take shot to finish his film is accompanied by the unexpectedly and brilliantly choice of Luxemborg's winning Eurovision entry from 1965, and proves that the South Koreans can do farce just as well as the British can. South Korea's belated answer to Truffaut's Day For Night turns out to be tremendous fun as competing obsessions, egos and ambitions of the cast and crew fire up on and off the sound stage to uproarious effect. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/10/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Kim Jee-woon

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Song Kang-ho

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Lim Soo-jung

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Oh Jung-se

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Jeon Yeo-been

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Jeong Sujeong

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Synopsis In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film 'Cobweb', but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?
Director
Kim Jee-woon
Producer
Lee Dong-jin
Screenwriter
Shin Yeon-shick
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co
Luz y Sonidos, Anthology studio, Bareunson
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 9, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 9, 2024
Runtime
2h 15m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.66:1)
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