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Hwang Shin-Hye, Bang Eun-Jin

This Korean horror movie offers a feminist twist in that it centers on two female protagonists living next door to each other in a high-rise apartment building. The title refers to their respective ap... read more read more...artment numbers. The story opens as one of the women, a compulsive cook, is being questioned about the mysterious disappearance of her neighbor, the other woman, a traumatized writer suffering from anorexia nervosa. The two meet when the friendly cook tries to give the writer some of her newest creation. The writer later throws the food away. Still, a friendship is born, and as they converse, the tragic reasons for the writer's condition come to light. Dark secrets from the cook's past are also revealed. It is she who offers up the grisly final solution to the writer's guilt and continual pain. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Cheol-su Park

Release Date: May 3, 1996

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DVD Release Date: January 11, 2005

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  • gator681
    January 13, 2011
    gator681
    "301, 302" starts with a detective coming to apartment #301 to ask Song-hee(Eun-jin Bang) if she has any idea what happened to Yun-hee(Sin-Hye Hwang) who lives in #302 and has apparently disappeared. At first, what she does know could fill a pamphlet, arriving after a divorce an... read mored after Yun-hee was already living in the building. So, while Yun-hee lived a quiet life amongst her books, that is disrupted by Song-hee building the perfect kitchen in her own apartment. She uses that new kitchen to cook all sorts of exotic dishes, keeping a journal of them. She even shares some of them with her neighbor who sadly cannot enjoy them.

    "301, 302" is a movie that definitely sets out to shock but instead is just going to have to settle for disquieting. A lot of that comes from a middling execution, especially tipping its hand much too early. Too much time is spent reliving the obvious details of Song-hee's marriage when instead it could have rather developed the relationship between the two women. On another level, the movie sort of wants to have something to say about women's roles and body issues. And excuse me for being literal but does Yun-hee not eat at all? If so, how does she remain active?
  • GabrielKnight
    August 4, 2011
    GabrielKnight
    A somewhat macabre tale featuring gourmet cooking. I'm not giving anything away, but the ending is seriously twisted... in more than one sense of the word. You will need to pay close attention and if you will notice a few minor details, you will realize it's not quite what it see... read morems and it will put the entire movie into a completely different perspective.
  • brent73rn
    October 23, 2008
    brent73rn
    potentially a good movie, but the editing threw off the movie. They probably should have gone even deeper off the crazy end than they did. Predictable from the beginning unfortunately. At least the interior design was awesome.

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Critic Reviews

Daniel M. Kimmel
April 29, 2005
Daniel M. Kimmel, Variety

This feminist horror story from Korea is sluggishly paced and confusingly told with flashbacks within flashbacks. Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson
December 10, 2005
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

In the great tradition of bizarre food movies. Full Review

Jake Euker
January 13, 2005
Jake Euker, F5 (Wichita, KS)

The tone is one of comic horror, and the plot is driven by a killing, but the most alarming element in the film, to western eyes, is likely to be some of the dishes served. Full Review

Christopher Null
December 27, 2004
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

a twisted little thriller Full Review

Kevin Thomas
February 14, 2001
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

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Peter Stack
January 1, 2000
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle

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Emanuel Levy
July 22, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Andy Klein
June 5, 2004
Andy Klein, Los Angeles CityBeat

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Marjorie Baumgarten
January 1, 2000
Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle

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Geoff Andrew
August 16, 2007
Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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