▁ 9 2 ▁reviews , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁score ▁of ▁ 7 . 4 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁critical ▁cons ensus ▁reads : ▁" A ▁tender ▁and ▁moving ▁rom ance ▁from ▁Spring , ▁Summer , ▁Fall , ▁Winter ... ▁And ▁Spr ings ▁director ▁Kim ▁Ki - D uk ." ▁The ▁film ▁holds ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 7 2 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁on ▁Met ac rit ic ▁based ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁reviews , ▁indicating ▁" Gener ally ▁favor able ▁reviews ". ▁ ▁A . ▁O . ▁Scott ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁noted ▁the ▁" s oph istic ated ▁modern ▁sound ▁design " ▁exhib ited ▁in ▁ 3 - I ron , ▁and ▁called ▁the ▁film ▁" a ▁te asing , ▁self - cons cious ▁and ▁curious ly ▁heart f elt ▁demonstr ation ▁of ▁[ K im ' s ] ▁m isch iev ous ▁formal ▁ing enu ity ." ▁Dennis ▁Schw art z ▁of ▁O z us ' ▁World ▁Movie ▁Re views ▁called ▁the ▁film ▁" an ▁unusual ▁original ▁story ▁that ' s ▁root ed ▁in ▁a ▁Buddh ist ▁par able ▁[...] ▁of ▁seeing ▁the ▁world ▁as ▁a ▁dream ". ▁James ▁M ud ge ▁of ▁Bey ond ▁Hollywood ▁called ▁it ▁" an ▁almost ▁eth ere al , ▁yet ▁truly ▁capt iv ating ▁film ▁which ▁is ▁fasc in ating ▁and ▁moving ", ▁writing ▁that ▁" it ▁is ▁quite ▁likely ▁that ▁view ers ▁will ▁not ▁even ▁realize ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁dialog ue ". ▁Jam ie ▁W ool ley