Miss Granny

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Miss Granny

2014

2h 4m

Comedy

Fantasy

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6 Reviews

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An elderly woman (Na Moon-hee) regains her youthful appearance, changes her name and embarks on a quest for happiness.

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Miriam Bale

New York Times

01/30/2014

This weird comedy meanders into heartfelt, complex areas about the regrets, attachments and abandonment of the aged.

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Michael Nordine

Village Voice

01/28/2014

Hwang mines seemingly every possible cliché and contrivance from this universal anxiety, but little of the joie de vivre implied by its wish-fulfilling narrative.

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Jae-Ha Kim

Jae-Ha Kim (Substack)

07/26/2023

4/4

“Miss Granny” director Hwang Dong-hyuk ("Squid Game") takes an old premise (an elderly woman finds herself transformed into a 20 year old) and adds twists and social commentary. The result? A charming comedy full of scenes that will tug at your heart.

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Sarah Boslaugh

PopMatters

08/03/2014

8/10

...side-splittingly hilarious but also has a heart...

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Russell Edwards

sbs.com.au

02/21/2014

4/5

After an hour-and-a-half of near non-stop laughter, this 124-minute film hits squarely on that sore spot where the fear of death, a grief for a misspent youth and the joys of a life we mostly don't appreciate, uneasily co-exist.

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David Noh

Film Journal International

01/30/2014

Writer-director Hwang Dong Hyuk has fashioned an abrasively funny farce, filled with droll, observant details about Korean pop culture...and the always farcically fertile, highly combative family unit.

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Rajesh B

Feb 23

A great heart-felted comedy with a great set of performances.

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08/13/2023

For me, the start was a little iffy but from the photo studio till the end it ran the gamut of emotions. I was laughing, identifying and yes, crying. Not Train to Busan bawling but eye-brimming tears. Emotionally satisfying.

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01/19/2016

My daughter asked me to see it - it was spectacular! Hillarious, yet poignant. Definitely one of the best movies I've seen on Netflix. I think the US critics missed it, but what got me is the backstory of a woman who survived post-war Korea through grit and determination.

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09/14/2015

A very amusing and heart warming movie. I really liked it.

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07/18/2015

Parts of it doesn't make sense, and some exaggerated antics can be annoying, but the end product is surprisingly likable due to some good performances, and because of the important messages it carry about the elderly in a non pedantice manner.

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04/17/2015

A precoius gem of a movie!

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Hwang Dong-hyuk

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Shim Eun-kyung

Oh Doo-ri

Na Moon-hee

Oh Mal-sun

Park In-hwan

Mr. Park

Sung Dong-il

Ban Hyeoncheol

Lee Jin-wook

Han Seung-u

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Synopsis

An elderly woman (Na Moon-hee) regains her youthful appearance, changes her name and embarks on a quest for happiness.

Director: Hwang Dong-hyuk
Producer: Im Jiyeong
Screenwriter: Shin Dongik
Distributor: CJ Entertainment
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 24, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 19, 2016
Runtime: 2h 4m

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