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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonThis 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.
- Kim Jee-woon’s film is smart and full of laughs but comes up against profound issues created by its gaming of reality.
- 67ColliderTherese LacsonColliderTherese LacsonIt'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.
- 58The Film StageDavid KatzThe Film StageDavid KatzWhereas 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.
- 50The New York TimesBrandon YuThe New York TimesBrandon YuCobweb, 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.
- 50RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoThere’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.
- 40VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangA 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.