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Movie critics combined give Oldboy (2003) a score of 3.0624 out of 4
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Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Kvikmyndir.com (--)Kvikmyndir.com (--)
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Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Reaps its full portion of machismo's horrors and hosannas. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for rec.arts.movies.reviews (David N. Butterworth)rec.arts.movies.reviews (David N. Butterworth)
Wow! ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at rec.arts.movies.reviews (David N. Butterworth)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (V.A. Musetto)New York Post (V.A. Musetto)
Park's direction is flawless and Jung Jung-hoon's cinematography is stunning. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at New York Post (V.A. Musetto)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaça)Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaça)
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaça)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for CineMe (Daniel Meyer)CineMe (Daniel Meyer)
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at CineMe (Daniel Meyer)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Arrow in the Head ("The Arrow")Arrow in the Head ("The Arrow")
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Arrow in the Head ("The Arrow")
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Horror Channel (Andrew Kasch)The Horror Channel (Andrew Kasch)
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at The Horror Channel (Andrew Kasch)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Bloody-DistgustingBloody-Distgusting
If you’re a fan of Takashi Miike, but are desperately dying for a film that can actually deliver and sustain a serious tone, Oldboy is the perfect film for you. Park has first-classed us a twisted, demented, revolting and yet ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Bloody-Distgusting
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
The buzz was right: Oldboy confirms Park as one of the best filmmakers working today. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)
The one Asian movie you need to see this year ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Grapevine Culture (Zach Hines)Grapevine Culture (Zach Hines)
Nothing about this film is superfluous. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Grapevine Culture (Zach Hines)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Dr. Nick)eFilmCritic.com (Dr. Nick)
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Dr. Nick)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for CineMe (Daniel Meyer)CineMe (Daniel Meyer)
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at CineMe (Daniel Meyer)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
It's a movie of such jaw-dropping violence, wild improbability and dazzling style it overpowers all resistance. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
Director Park Chanwook forces us to feel Oh Dae-su's pent-up rage and obsession with revenge, making us complicit when he acts out. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Elaine Perrone)eFilmCritic.com (Elaine Perrone)
Mr. Vengeance delivers another mind-blower! ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Elaine Perrone)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
It's mesmerizing and discomfiting, engaging the viewer on a visceral and an intellectual level. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long)Detroit News (Tom Long)
Exults in its own audaciousness, in its abandonment of convention and flaunting of unexpected intelligence. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Dread Central (Andrew Kasch)Dread Central (Andrew Kasch)
Oldboy is a true wake-up call to both mainstream Hollywood and its pathetic counterculture. This is bold, gritty, and uncompromised cinema at its finest. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Dread Central (Andrew Kasch)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Gate.ca (W. Andrew Powell)The Gate.ca (W. Andrew Powell)
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at The Gate.ca (W. Andrew Powell)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Gazette (Anton Bitel)Movie Gazette (Anton Bitel)
Forget 'The Punisher' and 'Man on Fire' - this mesmerising revenger's tragicomedy shows just how far-reaching the tentacles of mad vengeance can be. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Movie Gazette (Anton Bitel)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVDActive (Casimir Harlow)DVDActive (Casimir Harlow)
Old Boy is one of the many great Asian films that I have come across recently like Infernal Affairs and the Ring trilogy. It outclasses many comparable Hollywood efforts in style, story and performances and I hope that Dae-su Oh goes down as another ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at DVDActive (Casimir Harlow)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
With Quentin Tarantino presiding over the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, it's no surprise that South Korean director Chan-wook Park received the Grand Prize for Oldboy, his stylishly violent and controversial revenge drama. Min-sik Choi (Tae Guk Gi) ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Reel.com
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (David Thomas)filmcritic.com (David Thomas)
What can you say about a movie that has not one, not two, but three scenes of improvised oral surgery that make Laurence Olivier’s bit in Marathon Man look like Steve Martin’s bit in Little Shop of Horrors? For starters, you can say that ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at filmcritic.com (David Thomas)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Sam OsbornSam Osborn
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Sam Osborn
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for MovieWeb (Dodd Alley)MovieWeb (Dodd Alley)
As the film Oldboy begins, we are introduced to Dae-su Oh (Min-sik Choi). Unlike most introductions, we are not given much detail on his life. The only thing we know is that he is a rambunctious alcoholic with a wife and small daughter at home. Before ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at MovieWeb (Dodd Alley)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
A man gets violently drunk and is chained to the wall in a police station. His friend comes and bails him out. While the friend is making a telephone call, the man disappears from an empty ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (David Walker)DVD Talk (David Walker)
There are great films that come along every now and then, but not all of them hold up to multiple viewings the way Oldboy does. This is a film so textured and layered with emotional complexity that it changes each time you watch it. When making the ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at DVD Talk (David Walker)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Oldboy colored my whole day and threw a dark cloud over the sunny springtime skies. It acted directly on my id, bypassing my ego entirely. All my conscious mind could do in the face of such emotional wrenching was to marvel at the power of film and a ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Now that's what I'm talking about! For this, the third film that I've seen at this year's Cannes Film Festival, I was finally blown away by something utterly original which not only managed to capture me both from an emotional and stylistic point of ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie GuideTV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Harvey S. KartenHarvey S. Karten
Cast: Choi MinSik, Yoo JiTae, Gang HyeJung, Chi DaeHan,Oh DalSu, Kim ByoungOk, Lee SeungShinScreened at: AMC, NYC, 3/26/05"Old Boy," which received an R rating from the MPAA, is thesort of film that could easily have been rated NC17, notbecause of the ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Harvey S. Karten
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for DVD ConfidentialDVD Confidential
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at DVD Confidential
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Bob Townsend)Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Bob Townsend)
A visually beguiling trip that keeps pulling you along and keeps you wondering what fresh hell could possibly come next. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Bob Townsend)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Lee's Movie Info (Craig Younkin)Lee's Movie Info (Craig Younkin)
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Lee's Movie Info (Craig Younkin)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
The film culminates in a grand, operatic finale full of shocking twists, and it probably is dragged out a little too long (which I guess is partly why it reminds me of an opera, but that's neither here nor there). But there is a singular vision at ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for CHUD (Devin Faraci)CHUD (Devin Faraci)
Darkly funny and aggressively transgressive, Oldboy is the kind of film that sends you out of the theater dazed... ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at CHUD (Devin Faraci)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for JackassCritics.com (Grim Ringler)JackassCritics.com (Grim Ringler)
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at JackassCritics.com (Grim Ringler)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Boston Herald (James Verniere)Boston Herald (James Verniere)
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Boston Herald (James Verniere)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Admit it: your local multiplex is a creative dead zone. So line up for Oldboy, an explosively exciting psychosexual revenge drama from Korean powerhouse Park Chanwook ( Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance ) that makes movies feel alive again. I won't spill the ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
Not to everyone's tastes, but if you have a strong stomach, OldBoy is sure to impress. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Now Playing Magazine (Brent Simon)Now Playing Magazine (Brent Simon)
A dark and psychologically discomfiting drama of abstract action and horror. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Now Playing Magazine (Brent Simon)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Byeong-ok Kim and Choi Min-Sik in OldboyCrafted as a typical Greek tragedy, this delirious psychological thriller speaks volumes with the questionable aid of excess blood and guts. At the center of the maelstrom is Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik), a ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for SF, Horror and Fantasy Film ReviewSF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
In the last few years, South Korean cinema has become increasingly a force to be reckoned with, having relentlessly copied and polished other genres of filmmaking - the thriller, the Hong Kong action film, Wu Xia, not to mention coming up ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movies for GuysMovies for Guys
Bottom line from me: a hearty 4 star rating. Only a few rough edges and confusing moments prevent it from a full 5 stars. I really look forward to seeing other movies by Park and I'll finish with the same thing I said after walking out ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Movies for Guys
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for MovieWeb (Dodd Alley)MovieWeb (Dodd Alley)
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at MovieWeb (Dodd Alley)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
And perhaps it needs to be nothing more. Does this film have anything to say about the nature of revenge? Maybe. Maybe it's saying revenge is ultimately hollow -- that it causes pain for everyone involved, and that no good comes out of it in the end. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
Not to everyone's tastes, but if you have a strong stomach, OldBoy is sure to impress. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
...read the complete Oldboy movie review at SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Jolie Williamson)Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Jolie Williamson)
Oh Dae-su finally feels sunlight on his skin after 15 years of captivity. Standing stupefied on a rooftop, he spots a suicidal man holding a fluffy white dog and yanks on the man's tie, pulling him back from the ledge. Oh Dae-su unloads the ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Jolie Williamson)
Oldboy (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
It’s at its best when it indulges a not-inconsiderable sense of humor, which is why it’s a shame that the overall mood is so bleak. ...read the complete Oldboy movie review at Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
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