Decision to Leave

2022

139 mins

Directed by Park Chan-wook
Recommended
94%
85%
Drama
Romance
Thriller
Award Winner

A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his... More

A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing in this South Korean crime mystery from master filmmaker Park Chan-wook (Oldboy), who won Best Director at Cannes 2022.

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Decision to Leave is available to stream in Australia now... More on Google TV and Apple TV Store and SBS On Demand and Prime Video Store.

Decision to Leave | Ratings & Reviews

Park Chan-wook’s control of his images is borderline supernatural, storming through another Hitchcockian thriller in a hail of match cuts, masterful wide shots, digital zooms and segues. A neo-noir blast.

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85_%736 reviews
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"A woozily seductive murder-mystery..."

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Time Out

"A masterful, dazzling love story wrapped in a mischievous murder mystery."

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Variety

"(Park is) world-class artist at the top of his game."

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Hollywood Reporter

"A cracking romantic thriller."

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BBC

"Dizzyingly complex..."

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The Telegraph

"It’s a gorgeously and grippingly made picture and Tang Wei is magnificent."

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The Guardian

"Those looking for a complex (albeit sometimes convoluted) story about longing and obsession will be in their element."

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South China Morning Post

"A master filmmaker mines cinema’s glamorous past in a nostalgic neo-noir you don’t so much watch as surrender to."

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Total Film

"This picture demonstrates that, even without the extreme shock tactics of some of his earlier work, Park can craft a deeply satisfying and potentially commercial thriller."

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