"Hansel and Gretel" released in the UK
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The dark fairytale "Hansel and Gretel" was cinematically released on Friday 16 January in the UK. "Yim Pil-sung's feature is the stand-out Korean film of the year — combining the left-centre whimsy of Park Chan-wook's "I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK" with the haunting darkness of [Guilermo del Toro's] Pan's Labyrinth", according to UK's leading film magazine Empire.
Empire awards "Hansel and Gretel" 4 stars out of 5. Reviewed at the same time are Valkyrie (3 stars), Better Things (3 stars), Milk (4 stars), and Seven Pounds (2 stars).
UK's renowned newspapers are less lyrical about LIM's liberal take on the brother's Grimm's fairytale. However, both Guardian and Times praise its visual accomplishments. Times review recommends it "for its visual inventions", and compares it to director Tim Burton's style. Guardian speaks of "gloriously creepy sets".
Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)
Empire awards "Hansel and Gretel" 4 stars out of 5. Reviewed at the same time are Valkyrie (3 stars), Better Things (3 stars), Milk (4 stars), and Seven Pounds (2 stars).
UK's renowned newspapers are less lyrical about LIM's liberal take on the brother's Grimm's fairytale. However, both Guardian and Times praise its visual accomplishments. Times review recommends it "for its visual inventions", and compares it to director Tim Burton's style. Guardian speaks of "gloriously creepy sets".
Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)
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