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Review of by Richard Corliss for TIME Magazine — 29 Nov 2013

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Like Martin Scorsese’s "The Departed," a bloated Americanizing of the Hong Kong cop movie "Infernal Affairs," the Lee Oldboy will startle newbies with its story ingenuities and morbid revelations, while leaving connoisseurs of the source film wondering why Hollywood couldn’t have left great enough alone.

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This review of Oldboy (2013) was written by and published by TIME Magazine on 29 Nov 2013.

Oldboy has generally received mixed reviews.

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