August 16, 2011
Benjamin Mercer, Village Voice
Jung-bum Park, Yonguk Jin, Eunjin Kang, Youngdeok Park
Director Park plays a North Korean defector trying to make an honest living in South Korea, where he is continuously faced with the harsh difficulties of fitting into capitalist society. This lonely i... read more 
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August 16, 2011
Mike Hale, New York Times
Eventually we learn that a haircut and a new suit don't make for a better man, which seems like a small lesson after what we've been through. Full Review
December 21, 2011
Burl Burlingame, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
A journey through a world of moral and ethical conundrums makes a sobering couple of hours, and also a lively discussion afterwards for amateur Christian theologians. Full Review
August 17, 2011
David Fear, Time Out New York
Seungchul's rotisserie of pain is almost worth enduring just to get to the film's climax: the most knee-jerk tragedy in the world becomes, in Park's hands, one devastating bitter-victory lap. Full Review
May 1, 2011
Kent Turner, Film-Forward.com
The film features one of the most beautifully directed scenes I've seen in a long time Full Review
April 26, 2011
Kenji Fujishima, Slant Magazine
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. Full Review
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