Spa Night

Spa Night is a 2016 American drama film directed by Andrew Ahn and starring Joe Seo.[1] It was shown in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.[2] At Sundance, Joe Seo won the Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance.[3]

Spa Night
Film poster
Directed byAndrew Ahn
Written byAndrew Ahn
StarringJoe Seo
Release date
  • January 24, 2016 (2016-01-24) (Sundance)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Korean

Plot

David, an 18-year-old living in Koreatown, Los Angeles becomes an employee at a spa to help his financially struggling parents. He soon discovers illicit gay sex between the customers, which forces him to consider his own sexuality.

While this has been described as a coming out story, the focus is on the internal world of David, and his deep struggles and uncertainty, as a teenager, about how to be a good son but how to also be himself in what is a conservative family and rigid community.

Cast
  • Joe Seo as David
  • Haerry Kim as Soyoung
  • Youn Ho Cho as Jin
  • Tae Song as Eddie
  • Ho Young Chung as Spa Manager
  • Linda Han as Mrs. Baek
  • Eric Jeong as Peter
  • Yong Kim as Academy Director

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 94%, based on 16 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10.[4] On Metacritic the film has a score of 76 out of 100 score, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]

References
  1. "'Spa Night': Sundance Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  2. "Sundance: Competition and Next Films Announced for 2016 Festival". Sundance. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  3. "Sundance: The Birth of a Nation Sweeps Top Prizes". Variety. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  4. "Spa Night (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  5. "Spa Night reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
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