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Oldboy
Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone.
Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller - 2003
8.4
81%
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With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
120 min
Release date:
21 Nov 2003
Country:
KR
Languages:
Korean
Budget:
$3,000,000
Revenue:
$14,980,005
Awards:
40 wins & 20 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
It's hard to make an argument for Oldboy based on anything other than pure cinematics, but when the style speaks this loudly, it's an argument worth making.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
26 Sep 2005
fresh:
Quite an achievement then, and well worthy of its Cannes prize.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
rotten:
There's a lot less here than meets the eye.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
17 Apr 2007
fresh:
Shakespearean in its violence, Oldboy also calls up nightmare images of spiritual and physical isolation that are worthy of Samuel Beckett or Dostoyevsky.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
15 Apr 2013
fresh:
Both brutal and lyrical, writer-director Park Chan-wook's existential nail-biter has torture scenes that will have you avoiding dentists, sushi bars and badly appointed hotel rooms.
– Jami Bernard,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr 2013
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