Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively idealistic village, its residents unaware of the outside world, including the war.
Welcome to Dongmakgol has generally received very positive reviews.
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Welcome to Dongmakgol was released in 2005 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 131 reviews, giving Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005) an average rating of 80%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 89%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 58%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Welcome to Dongmakgol a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 80%, Welcome to Dongmakgol is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2005, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2005 with similar scores include films like Cinderella Man and Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.
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