Quote:
"As [Celine] Song follows the unusual trio of Nora, Hae Sung and Arthur across one weekend in New York—each person carefully dancing around their own feelings, as concerned for the other as they are for themselves—the filmmaker builds a romantic drama [Past Lives] in which audiences are just as invested in seeing two people kiss as they are in actively hoping they don't do anything of the sort. Song is attempting a delicate balance of character and genre expectations here, and the wonderfully surprising thing is she pretty much pulls it off. All with a sense of kind humour that feels strong and even courageous, given how deeply the material is mined from Song's own life."
-- Barry Hertz

Source:
Hertz, Barry. "Fateful attraction: Celine Song's Past Lives destined to live as one of the year's best films." Review of Past Lives. Globe and Mail, June 8, 2023.