Mediocre. 5.5/10. C+.
The director makes a great looking movie and the ambitious writing is great at times, but the storytelling issues (overly-convoluted plot; lack of character depth; sometimes arbitrary scene layout) stop the viewers from being invested in the characters or plot.
This review of Oldboy (2003) was written by Sinisteris T on 23 Feb 2015.
Oldboy has generally received very positive reviews.
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