Film2023117 min

Riceboy Sleeps

Name: Riceboy Sleeps
Genre: Drama
Released: 2023
Duration: 117 min
Cast: Choi Seung-yoon, Ethan Hwang, Dohyun Noel Hwang, Anthony Shim, Hunter Dillon

Taste attributes: dramafamilyhistoricalteenslowwholesomeheavyrealisticlineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshipfish out of water/culture clashinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentary

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Boxlist takeWholesome and moving: a realistic drama, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score

7.5/10

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Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

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Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

Set in the 90s, a Korean single mother raises her young son in the suburbs of Canada determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind.

Synopsis: TMDB