Past Lives — 4/5
It threatens to cross the line into that shit I hate about modern love stories like 'Lost in Translation' or 'Her' where to be in love is to stare at things, unable to say aloud what's boiling inside you. It threatens to cross that line, but Greta Lee has character to her, she's interesting and you can see why someone would be interested in her, and Teo Yoo, perhaps too stoic, is also willing and eager to say what's in his heart. It sets up a great love triangle and gives no easy way out. Decisions have been made and we must stick with them. It breaks your heart. It breaks everyone's heart. But within that, the hope that maybe the next life will be the life they finally can be together? That breaks your heart in a totally different way.
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