The Journals of Musan
Tribeca Films | Release Date: August 19, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Hollywood ReporterStaff (Not credited)Aug 15, 2011
Jeon is played to perfection by the director himself. The spare script effectively funnels audience attention into him, who is never less than engaging. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaAug 15, 2011
If The Journals of Musan indicates anything, it's that people, for the most part, either can't or simply aren't willing to comprehend the circumstances behind others' actions. Read full review
70
VarietyJay WeissbergAug 15, 2011
Though it cries out for trimming, "Musan" is a welcome, substantive marker on the current cinema landscape. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid FearAug 16, 2011
An attempt to detail the plight of North Koreans in their new homeland, The Journals of Musan doesn't soft-pedal the hardship; Park, however, apparently felt obligated to stack the deck against the film's passive protagonist to a ridiculous degree. Read full review
50
The New York TimesMike HaleAug 18, 2011
Mr. Park's screenplay, pedestrian direction and stolid performance don't set us up to care. Read full review
50
Village VoiceBenjamin MercerAug 16, 2011
Group scenes, meanwhile, often suffer from a peculiar handheld drift, as if in troubling over which insult to add to which injury, the filmmakers neglected to attend to rudimentary blocking. Read full review
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