The Ugly
Well Go USA Entertainment | Release Date: September 26, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Screen DailyTim GriersonSep 19, 2025
The Ugly is less concerned with the machinations of the whodunit and more invested in how physical appearance defines both ourselves and our feelings about others. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 11, 2026
It’s great that Sang found another way to chew on the facets, faces and foibles of his native land, one that didn’t involve ravenous zombies. Read full review
60
The Daily BeastNick SchagerSep 24, 2025
It builds to revelations that speak emphatically to social shallowness, pressures and prejudices—even if, in the end, its bombshells resonate as less surprising than inevitable. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeSep 9, 2025
The film plays a long game with audiences that frustrates far more than it illuminates. Read full review
40
Next Best PictureNadia DalimonteSep 19, 2025
What could have been an effective investigative drama and character study loses all momentum in the film’s structure. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoSep 9, 2025
Yeon Sang-ho’s The Ugly is a dour, depressing drama, a movie that gets so lost in its lethargic structure that it feels like a chore. Read full review
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