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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumWith In Between Days, the filmmaker captures feminine melancholy with rare precision. Find this movie.
- 90L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasThis superb debut feature by Korean-American director So Yong Kim seems to be constructed entirely of the ineffable and intangible, those fleeting moments that most movies treat as throwaways.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe director deserves kudos for setting her movie during such a gray, dreary Toronto winter. It couldn't have been easy to find a climate that so resembles adolescence.
- 80Film ThreatEric CamposFilm ThreatEric CamposThe camera lingers on the characters' minimal, but expressive actions, allowing the viewer to soak in their emotions rather than having them related to us through dialogue. In doing so, In Between Days is more of an experience than your average movie.
- 80The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottSensitive, modest, thrillingly self-assured first feature by So Yong Kim, was one of the standouts of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival -- exactly the kind of thoughtful, independent work one hopes to find there and too rarely does.
- 75TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghA small slice of a suspended life, intimate and filled with the mundane details most people forget when the waiting is over and their real lives begin.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceInstantly compelling.
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanWhile Kim is unable to keep us riveted on her near-silent performance, the script and direction have a gentle sensitivity.
- 60VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangRevealing without being especially compelling, In Between Days offers a bleak, rigorously naturalistic portrait of an Asian-American teenager's physical and emotional dislocation.
- 50Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderKim keeps dialogue to a minimum and provides the barest of story arcs, using a handheld camera to probe subtle shifts of emotion in her nonprofessional actors.