Fresh
Beautiful, angry and sad, with a curious sick poetry, as if the Marquis de Sade had gone in for pastel landscapes.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Isle
A beautiful yet dangerous place...
2000 · 1h 30m · Not Rated
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Kim Ki-duk
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The Isle
Overview
Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love with Hyun-Shik, who is on the run from the police, and rescues him with a fish hook when he tries to commit suicide.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Spring, Summer fans should only have their appreciation of that film expanded by seeing this rougher take on similar themes.
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post
Fresh
There is little question that this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how, in the flip-flop of courtship, we often reel in when we should be playing out.
Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News
Fresh
A gorgeous and grotesque Korean film by director Kim Ki-Duk, who seems torn by his artistic and exploitive impulses.
Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
Once [Kim] begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors, you may decide it's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard.
Jan Stuart, Newsday
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