Review of Return to Seoul (2022) by Jluis_001 — 28 Apr 2023

It doesn't pack much of an emotional punch because of the way it rambles on in sequences that aren't adding much to the character's personality.

I never felt like I was fully getting to know her, but you still don't lose sight of her quest.

I understand that one can intuit that with several of these passages the director believes that this helps to know her better, but I felt at all times that there was a barrier between the character and her emotions.

A wall that doesn't break until the climax where it ends up breaking down once she gets the emotional catharsis she was looking for and clearly needed.

Return to Seoul is not a bad film but it involves immersing yourself in a story of identity and search for your origins that despite its quality, does not bring anything new that would give it an identity of its own that would separate it from other films with the same theme.

The film gets the job done because it works well enough, and that's commendable, it's just that it's a film that doesn't really stand out.