Sensitive ... Winning ... Lee is particularly attuned to character building ... Lee has wonderfully evoked the unmatched urgency of this period of childhood, when everything, from a footrace to a girl’s smile, feels like a matter of life and death.
Luminous ... In his masterful almost-ending, Lee shrouds what exactly happened on that life-altering precipice, brilliantly inviting room for interrogation and interpretation.
Each detail in each stunning and dramatic scene is vital and clarion, each realization of Jeon-Gi’s regarding innocence and guilt, acceptance and alienation, truth and lies, desire and envy, fear and courage are highly charged and resonant.
