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Riceboy Sleeps

Riceboy Sleeps

Drama · 2023

In the 1990s, an immigrant single mother raises her teenage son in the Canadian suburbs, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind in South Korea.

Movie details

Riceboy Sleeps

2023 Drama 1h 57m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.6 / 10

2.1K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

94 %

Tomatometer

TMDB

7.2 / 10

Community rating

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In the 1990s, an immigrant single mother raises her teenage son in the Canadian suburbs, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind in South Korea.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Riceboy Sleeps?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Anthony Shim

Written by

Anthony Shim

Choi Seung-yoon

Choi Seung-yoon

So-Young

Ethan Hwang

Ethan Hwang

Dong-Hyun

Dohyun Noel Hwang

Dohyun Noel Hwang

Child Dong-Hyun

Anthony Shim

Anthony Shim

Simon

Hunter Dillon

Hunter Dillon

Harry

Jerina Son

Jerina Son

Mi-Sun

Kang In-sung

Kang In-sung

Won-Shik / In-Shik

Court is in session

Put Riceboy Sleeps on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.