Snowball (2020 film)

Best Life) is a 2020 South Korean youth drama film, directed by Lee Woo-jeong and starring Bang Min-ah, Shim Dal-gi, and Han Sung-min.

[3] The film adapted from The Best Life by Lim Solah, tells the story of three high school best friends who run away to find answers to their perceived troubles.

[1][2] Panos Kotzathanasis reviewing for HanCinema wrote that Lee Woo-jeong has directed the film with two main elements irrationality and violence.

Kotzathanasis praised the performance of the main actors and ends the review as, "Snowball has its merits, with parts of the script, the acting, and a number of comments being well communicated.

"[16] Lee Joo-hyun of Cine21 reviewing the film appreciated the cinematography with handheld camera to "capture expressions and actions of teenage girls in a simple yet vivid way" and "creating cinematic moments under the influence of the original rather than escaping far from it".

Liking the setting of film plot in the early 2000s, Lee felt, "The low-saturation screen brings out the feeling of the past."

"[18] Igor Fishman reviewing the film, opined that the director Lee has focused on generally felt teenage estrangement, as engrossing and basic as James Dean’s quivering breakdown in Rebel Without a Cause.