Cobweb

Name: Cobweb
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: February 9, 2024
Duration: 135 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Jeong-se Oh, Kang-ho Song, Krystal Jung, Park Jeong-su, Su-jeong Lim

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: February 9, 2024 | Not Rated

Starring: Jeong-se Oh, Kang-ho Song, Krystal Jung, Park Jeong-su, Su-jeong Lim, Yeo-bin Jeon, Young-nam Jang

Summary: In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can’t understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfillIn the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can’t understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?… Expand

Director: Ji-woon Kim

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 135 min

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Perry Norton

Feb 16, 2024

Kim Jee-woon’s film is smart and full of laughs but comes up against profound issues created by its gaming of reality. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Jun 6, 2023

This affectionate hoot hardly breaks new ground with its film-within-a-film structure, but the South Korean auteur attacks the material with such good cheer, populating the story with a collection of daffy dreamers, that it’s easy to root for these characters as they reshoot the ending of a picture some of them are convinced is this close to being a masterpiece. Read full review

Collider Therese Lacson

Jun 6, 2023

It's far from perfect, but the production design of the film and the strong backbone of actors make Cobweb an entertaining film, though not a must-see. Read full review

The Film Stage David Katz

Jun 6, 2023

Whereas I Saw the Devil was relentlessly violent and mean-spirited, Cobweb has a softer heart, and fixates on sloppier ensemble staging and to-the-hilt acting performances to the detriment of Kim’s considerable skills with the camera, and his ability to manipulate audience attention in a quasi-Hitchcockian manner. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Feb 9, 2024

There’s a slack nature to the film that almost feels like it has to be an intentional experiment from a filmmaker who has been so precise and intricate with his work in the past. It’s as if Kim is testing himself to see if he could make a self-indulgent, unsubstantial lark of a comedy. He can. Sorta. Now let’s get back to the good stuff. Read full review

Brandon Yu

Feb 8, 2024

Cobweb, directed by Kim Jee-woon, mines the comically absurd reality that is filmmaking, at times with bouncy cinematic verve, at others somewhat aimlessly and a little too indulgently. Read full review

Jessica Kiang

Jan 19, 2024

A film containing another film; a filmmaker referring to the trials of a filmmaker: it’s a movie of many layers, all of them garish and goofy, none of them great. Read full review

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