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Musical Editor's Pick

No Other Choice

Directed by Park Chan-wook · 2025

Quick Verdict

No Other Choice (2025) has a 86% Celluloid Score — our average across critic reviews, audience ratings, Metascore, Letterboxd, and IMDb. Fresh — recommended by most critics and audiences.

86%
Celluloid Score Fresh

Averaged from 5 sources

97% Critic Score
90% Audience
86 Metascore
★★★★☆ Letterboxd 4
7.6 IMDb /10
Runtime
1h 40m

Critics Consensus

Park Chan-wook turns the anxiety of unemployment into pitch-black comedy, with Lee Byung-hun gleefully unraveling as a company man who'll stop at nothing to stay employed.

Celluloid Critics Consensus

Critics (97%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (90%).

Synopsis

When a man is abruptly laid off by the paper company where he has worked tirelessly for many years, he grows increasingly desperate in his...

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