77
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The Film StageRory O'ConnorThe Film StageRory O'ConnorAre the grand and absurd moments of our lives perhaps more closely acquainted with one another then we’d like to admit? Grass seems to think so, and it delivers that assumption with a welcome–indeed, almost humane–dose of humor.
- 90Screen DailySarah WardScreen DailySarah WardGrass demonstrates a fresh type of playfulness from the prolific filmmaker. It’s a movie filled with his usual intimacy, but it’s also one that’s purposefully more concerned with the bigger picture than the individual details.
- 83The A.V. ClubLawrence GarciaThe A.V. ClubLawrence GarciaWhat’s most fascinating about Grass is the way Hong modulates the film’s atmosphere, gradually transforming its banal beginnings into something genuinely haunting and unresolved.
- 80The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyWhen the writer opts to just let things be, the movie is at its most content.
- 80Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangLos Angeles TimesJustin ChangGrass, true to its title, is small, sharp and bladelike. It may strike you as more of the same until you see it and its implications and possibilities begin to grow and multiply.
- 75The PlaylistBradley WarrenThe PlaylistBradley WarrenFor all the artists that populate Hong’s cinematic universe, the director has yet to foreground the creative psyche in as thought-provoking of a manner as he does in Grass.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungKim’s Areum is edgy, multi-layered and far from docile.
- 67IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichMuch less consistently enjoyable than many Hong films twice its length, Grass compensates for its dramatic slackness and deviant sobriety by honing in on the ideas that its director’s work often skirts around.