The Wonder Years
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62% Critic Match

The Wonder Years

6.2 / 10 2007 1h 35mNR Korean
FamilyDrama

Storyline

A 13 year old girl who lives with her widowed mother in a town in Korea. Somewhat withdrawn and living in dreams, her main dream is that her real mother is a famous pop singer. Soo-ah falls in with a delinquent schoolgirl, and after a tense argument with her mother, blurts out that she is not her real mother. She runs away on a train to Seoul to see her "real mother" at a concert and be with her.

Cast & Crew

Lee Se-young

Lee Se-young

Soo-ah

Lead
Chu Sang-mi

Chu Sang-mi

Yeong-ju

Choi Mu-sung

Choi Mu-sung

Kim Yoon-ah

Kim Yoon-ah

Yun

Jeong Ji-an

Jeong Ji-an

SM

Sin Min-gyu

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kim Hee-jung's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Wonder Years is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker