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  • 2024
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
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  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
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Summary In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can’t understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill...

Directed By: Jee-woon Kim

Written By: Jee-woon Kim, Yeon-Shick Shin

In Theaters Now
  • 2024
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 2 h 15 m
  • 2024
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 2 h 15 m

Cobweb

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can’t understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill...

Directed By: Jee-woon Kim

Written By: Jee-woon Kim, Yeon-Shick Shin

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
52
43% Positive
3 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
52
43% Positive
3 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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70
Feb 16, 2024
Kim Jee-woon’s film is smart and full of laughs but comes up against profound issues created by its gaming of reality.
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70
Jun 6, 2023
This affectionate hoot hardly breaks new ground with its film-within-a-film structure, but the South Korean auteur attacks the material with such good cheer, populating the story with a collection of daffy dreamers, that it’s easy to root for these characters as they reshoot the ending of a picture some of them are convinced is this close to being a masterpiece.
By Tim Grierson FULL REVIEW
67
Jun 6, 2023
It's far from perfect, but the production design of the film and the strong backbone of actors make Cobweb an entertaining film, though not a must-see.
By Therese Lacson FULL REVIEW
58
Jun 6, 2023
Whereas I Saw the Devil was relentlessly violent and mean-spirited, Cobweb has a softer heart, and fixates on sloppier ensemble staging and to-the-hilt acting performances to the detriment of Kim’s considerable skills with the camera, and his ability to manipulate audience attention in a quasi-Hitchcockian manner.
By David Katz FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 9, 2024
There’s a slack nature to the film that almost feels like it has to be an intentional experiment from a filmmaker who has been so precise and intricate with his work in the past. It’s as if Kim is testing himself to see if he could make a self-indulgent, unsubstantial lark of a comedy. He can. Sorta. Now let’s get back to the good stuff.
By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 8, 2024
Cobweb, directed by Kim Jee-woon, mines the comically absurd reality that is filmmaking, at times with bouncy cinematic verve, at others somewhat aimlessly and a little too indulgently.
By Brandon Yu FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 19, 2024
A film containing another film; a filmmaker referring to the trials of a filmmaker: it’s a movie of many layers, all of them garish and goofy, none of them great.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Barunson Studio, Anthology Studios, Barunson E&A, Luz y Sonidos
Release Date Feb 9, 2024
Duration 2 h 15 m
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Tagline A Tale Spun of Desire and Obsession
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Awards

Grand Bell Awards, South Korea
• 1 Win & 14 Nominations
Blue Dragon Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Chunsa Film Art Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

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