Return to Seoul

Reviews

• "Park, acting for the first time, has a difficult task and rises to it. Long stretches of her performance are wordless, yet she brings deep empathy to the role."
  - San Francisco Chronicle
• "Park conveys her [character's] wild and unpredictable range of emotions with dexterity that you wouldn't expect from a newcomer."
  - Arizona Republic
• "Writer-director Davy Chou tackles a subject that is prominent, especially in South Korea, but virtually unknown to the rest of the world: adoption and what it means for the child stuck in the middle."
  - Reeling Reviews
• "Chou's script was adapted from the real story of a young woman's difficult search for her own parents, and the director's style preserves a sense of documentary realism."
  - Spectrum Culture
• "One of the more exciting, invigorating dramas to come along so far this year."
  - Globe and Mail
• "Return to Seoul unfolds as one of the rare movies that feels thoughtful and observant every minute, without tidy summations of feeling."
  - Chicago Tribune
• "With its ever-evolving protagonist, Return to Seoul defies neat categorization. It’s a low-budget character drama with the twists and turns of a high-octane thriller."
  - The Atlantic
• "Return to Seoul deserves attention. It is a moving portrait of a troubled young woman facing what so many of us face during our lifetimes."
  - Screen Rant