Past Lives (2023)
Childhood sweethearts reconnect across continents, exploring destiny and the melancholy echoes of what might have been.
After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
How intense is Past Lives?
Past Lives has no gore and no real violence. Emotionally it is heavy. The pace is measured, and it is a full-attention watch and a date-night pick. Rated PG-13.
What Past Lives feels like
- Tone
- melancholyintimatenostalgicearnest
- Pace
- Measured
- Best for
- Full attentionDate night
Where to stream Past Lives
Not on a US subscription service at our last check. Rent or buy may still be an option.
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Is Past Lives for you?
Is Past Lives scary?
No. Past Lives is not a scary watch (scare level 0 of 3).
Is Past Lives gory or violent?
No gore (0 of 3) and no real violence (0 of 3). Squeamish viewers are fine here.
Is Past Lives sad or heavy?
It is emotionally heavy (2 of 3). Expect it to land.
Is Past Lives OK for kids?
It is rated PG-13. Intensity: scare 0, gore 0, violence 0, each out of 3. Your call for older kids.
How long is Past Lives?
Past Lives runs 1h 46m.
Where can I stream Past Lives?
Past Lives is not on a US subscription service right now (rent or buy may still be an option).
Does Past Lives have a happy ending? spoiler-safe answer
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
Cast and crew
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