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By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 02 Jun 2023

Time and again, Song, who both writes and directs here, makes the unflashy, understated choice — and in so doing, darned near breaks our…

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By Monica Castillo (380) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 01 Jun 2023

The film explores the tender feelings of relationships at various stages, from budding playground crushes to adulthood’s alleged certainty…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 01 Jun 2023

This is at once the loftiest and the most grounded love story I’ve seen in some time, a movie that feels lingering and contemplative in the…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 01 Jun 2023

The movie’s modesty — its intimacy, human scale, humble locations and lack of visual oomph — is one of its strengths…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 31 May 2023

Past Lives, the graceful debut feature from the Korean Canadian playwright Celine Song, stands a world apart from most of today’s slick movie fare…

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By Matt Singer (625) for ScreenCrush (954) on 30 May 2023

However you write its title, Past Lives is a great romance, a great coming-of-age story, a great tale about the ways technology can bring people…

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By Lou Thomas (27) for Time Out (7,510) on 24 Feb 2023

It’s a nuanced, careful work that will resonate strongly with everyone who has loved and lost, as well as offering a warning of possible…

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By Pat Brown (171) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 20 Feb 2023

Diverging from romances in which lovers are expected to move heaven, earth, and themselves in order to make a moment of love last forever,…

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By Ross Bonaime (185) for Collider (1,032) on 09 Feb 2023

Song’s work here is incredible, as this story of the past and present, and what it means for the future is a carefully handled story told…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 25 Jan 2023

It’s difficult to convey the multilayered beauty of Past Lives beyond just urging people to see it and lose themselves in its transfixing spell…

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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Vox (725) on 25 Jan 2023

It’s hard to imagine Past Lives not being one of 2023’s most talked-about films, and it richly deserves the honor…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 23 Jan 2023

For all the films that have been made about love triangles, Song has fashioned hers in the form of a circle, defying so many of the clichés…

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By Carlos Aguilar (278) for TheWrap (3,203) on 23 Jan 2023

Past Lives is an exquisitely wistful drama that speaks with an honesty so affectingly crisp it will turn your conceptions of love, identity…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 23 Jan 2023

Past Lives is not concerned with regret…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 23 Jan 2023

There are three superb performances at the picture’s centre, but none is more radiant than that of Greta Lee, gracefully capturing the spirit…

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By Alani Vargas (4) for The Playlist (3,871) on 23 Jan 2023

Past Lives shows that living in what-ifs is not good. Instead, it’s important to be grateful for our time with people, even if it’s not forever…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 23 Jan 2023

The absolute immediacy of Lee’s performance allows you to feel every frame of Past Lives on your skin, which is crucial to a film that conveys…

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By Mae Abdulbaki (411) for Screen Rant (892) on 23 Jan 2023

It’s soulful, tender — an understated triumph…

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By Chris Evangelista (306) for Slashfilm (971) on 23 Jan 2023

The dreamy, deliberate pacing of all of this never feels overlong…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 23 Jan 2023

Song is a writer of elegant restraint and as the final act progressed, I worried that perhaps this restraint might end up a little too delicate…

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