75
Metascore
11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyHong’s formal confidence yields a movie that’s very simply constructed and utterly engrossing.
- 88Slant MagazineSam C. MacSlant MagazineSam C. MacYourself and Yours‘s commitment to its various extreme ambiguities is a crucial facet of the film’s success.
- 83The Film StageNick NewmanThe Film StageNick NewmanYourself and Yours is enjoyable the way every other Hong Sang-soo film is enjoyable: funny, relatable and emotionally honest, structurally innovative, and composed with a patient eye that favors the peaks and valleys of conversation over standard get-to-the-point construction.
- 83The PlaylistBradley WarrenThe PlaylistBradley WarrenYourself and Yours lacks the narrative intricacy of the South Korean filmmaker’s most celebrated work but nonetheless serves as a charming introductory point for unfamiliar audiences.
- 80Screen DailyWendy IdeScreen DailyWendy IdeUltimately, the film makes a case that perhaps it’s better not to know everything about the person you love. And sometimes you just need to shed the baggage and start the relationship again from the beginning.
- 80VarietyScott TobiasVarietyScott TobiasBuoyed by Hong’s romantic optimism, the immensely satisfying conclusion hints at the possibility of love as a renewable resource, so long as both partners are flexible to different terms. Yourself and Yours asks the audience to take the same leap — best to keep an open mind and go with the flow.
- 80Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenLos Angeles TimesMark OlsenThough it is only now receiving a U.S. release, it says something about the ever-prolific filmmaker’s consistency and extremely high level of proficiency that the film still seems fresh and enchanting, by turns delicate, romantic, mysterious, witty and crushing.
- 67The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloViewers who cherish ambiguity will have no trouble finding plenty of it here, as Hong never explicitly tips his hand regarding this woman’s disputed identity.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonHong has a distinctive voice and an interesting track record, but his latest exercise in flimsy whimsy is for indulgent hardcore fans only.
- 50RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsAn exhausting, and mostly frustrating display of emotional scab-picking.