Review of The Handmaiden (2016) by Justin Chang for Los Angeles Times — 19 Oct 2016
Without sacrificing his taste for psychosexual perversity or his flair for violent grace notes, Park has given us a teasingly witty and elegant puzzle-box of a thriller whose pleasures are rooted not in visceral shock but in narrative surprise, and which wisely opts to seduce rather than pulverize its audience.
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This review of The Handmaiden (2016) was written by Justin Chang and published by Los Angeles Times on 19 Oct 2016.
The Handmaiden has generally received very positive reviews.
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