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Joshua Katzman, Chicago Reader: Kim keeps dialogue to a minimum and provides the barest of story arcs, using a handheld camera to probe subtle shifts of emotion in her nonprofessional actors. Read more
Dennis Lim, Village Voice: Painful, funny, unsentimental, perfectly measured in its ambiguities, it's exemplary low-budget filmmaking, the rare DV movie with an assured visual style and a strong sense of place. Read more
Noel Murray, AV Club: In Between Days plays like a teen movie with all the narration removed. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A quiet specimen of personal storytelling at its most exciting. Read more
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: This superb debut feature by Korean-American director So Yong Kim seems to be constructed entirely of the ineffable and intangible, those fleeting moments that most movies treat as throwaways. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: While Kim is unable to keep us riveted on her near-silent performance, the script and direction have a gentle sensitivity, subtly addressing cultural divisions while reminding us that angst, at least, is universal. Read more
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times: This artfully muted film pays off with a desperate act of eloquence. Read more
Globe and Mail: A pleasant surprise. Read more
Justin Chang, Variety: Above all a meditation on loneliness, the narrative is frequently interrupted by static landscape shots accompanied by Aimie reading letters to her absent dad -- stabs at poetry that feel less poetic, and more calculated, with every recurrence. Read more
Nathan Lee, Village Voice: In Between Days is instantly compelling. Read more