My Way
Well Go | Release Date: April 20, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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6
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6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovMay 2, 2012
The most expensive South Korean film ever made is also one of the most realistic (read: gory) depictions of the horrors of war, specifically World War II, global cinema has ever produced. Read full review
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New York PostV.A. MusettoApr 20, 2012
My Way is not, as the title might suggest, a Frank Sinatra biopic. No, it's an eye-popping, empty-headed World War II epic made in South Korea. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen ColeApr 19, 2012
Adolescent boys will savour My Way's bombast and solemnity. Cringing adult audiences will more likely beat a retreat before final call. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMay 3, 2012
Jang and Odagiri are good as the rival runners and soldiers. But they are surrounded by over-the-top performances, which play out like a mugging contest. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldApr 19, 2012
The bloody chaos can be suitably overwhelming, but you're too aware of the whizzing camerawork, helter-skelter editing and bombastic score. Read full review
40
Time OutNick SchagerApr 17, 2012
The paeans about national pride and brotherhood may be regional, but constant slow-motion battle scenes and squishy sentimentality are strictly wanna-be Tinseltown. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleApr 19, 2012
The nonstop adversity lacks any real sense of danger. Or, for that matter, emotional punch. Why these two long-distance runners keep each other alive should be of front-and-center concern. Instead, My Way is mostly an endurance test. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonApr 20, 2012
Kang is so over the top and jumbled in his storytelling, this could be his Michael Cimino ("Heaven's Gate") moment. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineCalum MarshApr 20, 2012
Many films are saved in the editing room, but how many are ruined there? Read full review
20
Village VoiceBenjamin MercerApr 17, 2012
Perhaps the most charitable thing that can be said about the 143-minute marathon My Way - with a reported budget of almost $25 million, the costliest Korean motion picture ever produced - is that it does nothing by halves. Read full review
20
VarietyJay WeissbergApr 15, 2012
Picture operates on the notion that indiscriminate action in service of a formulaic script will keep audiences clutching their armrests, but the results fail to grip. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerApr 15, 2012
So bloated that it's forever on the verge of bursting – a sentiment reflected by the film's overindulgence in ear-splitting pyrotechnics. Read full review
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