Movie Review: Past Lives (2023)

 Past Lives (2023) : Movie 

Year Released : 2023 

Cast : Teo Yoo, Greta Lee, John Magaro.

Director: Celine Song 

Language : English and Korean with subs

Rating : 8.5/10

 

What I liked : 

I liked the silence and the smooth flowing screenplay. I loved the landscapes and background decor of New York where most of the movie takes place. 

Silence speaks volumes and it spoke louder than words in this film. A lot of communication is non-verbal or happens in Korean which felt savory. 

The actors fit their  characters very well. How wonderful is it that this movie needed no more than three characters and thoroughly work its magic! 

I learned something new from the Korean culture - a concept of In-Yan. When people come together and mingle with each other or not, it is because they have had connections from past lives. And to those that get married, they must have had over 8000 lives of inyan. How cool is that! 

What I didn't like :

I am more than heart broken with the way the story turned out. Hue sung should have got Nora Young. They should have come together. He is a sweet, ridiculously loyal friend and lover that everytime he expressed his heart's emotion that is unrequited, I felt a pang of despair and heartbreak. I hated those who have written the story this way .. that would separate long lasting love go unfulfilled!!