According to the review aggregatorMetacritic, which gave the film an average score of 79 out of 100 based on 10 critic reviews, the film received "generally favorable reviews".[6] On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 98% based on 45 reviews, with an average rating of 8,1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Narratively slight yet cumulatively absorbing, The Woman Who Ran finds writer-director Hong Sang-soo continuing to work in a beguilingly minor key."[7]
^"홍상수 '도망친 여자' 단발머리 김민희 스틸 공개" [Hong Sang-soo's 'The Woman Who Ran' Stills Reveal Short-Haired Kim Min-hee] (in Korean). Newsis. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.