The Lovers and the Despot (2016) - Movie Reviews - Page 3 of 4

41-60 of 74 Reviews

Sort by:

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Pat Padua (495) for Washington Post (9,851) on 21 Sep 2016

“Lovers” suggests that any film — even this one — can have the manipulative power of propaganda…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 21 Sep 2016

As a look into the vagaries of the filmmaking process, as a peek behind the veil of a deeply unknowable cultural landscape, as a gripping thriller,…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Mike Mccahill (552) for MovieMail (70) on 21 Sep 2016

The result's perhaps no more than a diverting anecdote, albeit one that adds to our understanding of Kim Jong-il, thwarted auteur…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for New York Times (5,786) on 21 Sep 2016

Despite its flaws and will to kitsch, The Lovers and the Despot has enough enigmas and chills to merit a look, even if some of its spookier…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Mark Jenkins (515) for NPR (1,713) on 21 Sep 2016

Capably recounts the main facts of the case, but doesn't illuminate its darker corners…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 21 Sep 2016

You may harbor doubts as well, but the story on the whole appears to be true, and the integrity of the documentary suffers little, if at all,…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 21 Sep 2016

It’s told in a woefully pedestrian way, with talking-head footage forming the bulk of this slow-to-develop film…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Dave White (762) for TheWrap (3,203) on 21 Sep 2016

Cannan and Adam approach the outlandish crime as a puzzlement, all but wondering aloud how two celebrities could be stolen from public life…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 21 Sep 2016

What they don’t quite make clear, and perhaps it is impossible to do so, is what really happened in this odd episode of international espionage…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 21 Sep 2016

Unfortunately, this bland, incurious oral history focuses exclusively on what’s admittedly the most superficially fascinating chapter of…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 21 Sep 2016

Their story took further unlikely turns -- Shin produced Disney's Three Ninjas, of all things -- but nothing to match their North Korea years…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Luke Y. Thompson (1,447) for Nerdist (550) on 20 Sep 2016

not just the best documentary it can be, but probably the best it could ever be...short of Kim himself rising from the grave and granting…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By David Ehrlich (1,229) for indieWire (3,631) on 20 Sep 2016

When The Lovers and the Despot finally crawls to a close, you’re left with one thought above all others: This could make for a really great…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 20 Sep 2016

The film is brisk and fascinating, ultimately moving, but also less rich than it might have been…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 19 Sep 2016

The haphazard blending of fact and clips from disparate films unrelated to Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee's ordeal confuses an already intricate tale…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out London (344) on 18 Sep 2016

The Lovers and the Despot is compelling as a Cold War-era thriller, but it also offers a small window on life in the higher echelons of power…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Steve Erickson (207) for Brooklyn Magazine (241) on 18 Sep 2016

Offers some fascinating glimpses into one of the world's most secretive countries, but it's far too concerned with looking cool…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Fong K (647) on 13 Sep 2016

Very cleverly uses scenes from Shin's own films, together with some re-enactments of choice scenes, to dramatise the story…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 10 Sep 2016

A tale worthy of a hundred Cold War thrillers…

Read Review

Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 06 Sep 2016

There is the how of artists working under a literal gun, of course, but there is also a fascinating portrait of the megalomaniac as movie fan…

Read Review

Page 3 of 4

More reviews of this movie:

Movies you might like:

Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

2017

73%23 Reviews

First They Killed My Father

2017

74%155 Reviews

The Killing Fields

1984

78%523 Reviews

Basquiat

1996

68%334 Reviews

The Last Emperor

1987

79%651 Reviews

Munich

2005

76%900 Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Lovers and the Despot

2016

63%74 Reviews

Manic

2001

72%286 Reviews

Silverado

1985

72%458 Reviews

Moonfall

2022

49%143 Reviews

Inside

2002

67%26 Reviews

Side Out

1990

51%32 Reviews

Elite Squad

2007

73%567 Reviews

Thunderball

1965

68%672 Reviews

Fast and Furious

1939

57%621 Reviews

Suddenly, Last Summer

1959

76%230 Reviews