This brilliant and oh-so-moving American-Korean film is an instant candidate for best of the year. Spanning decades, it’s the story of two Koreans (Greta Lee and Teo Yoo) who are best friends as kids but who grow apart, only to reconnect years later when she’s married. The childhood sweethearts spend a long weekend in New York getting to re-know each other, testing whether there’s still anything between them. It’s romantic, refined, and gorgeously shot without ever veering anywhere close to sappiness. Writer-director Celine Song has created something this close to a masterpiece.
5/5 stars