Madeo
Directed by:
Joon-ho BongCinematography:
Kyung-pyo HongComposer:
Byeong Wu LeeCast:
Hye-ja Kim, Bin Won, Gu Jin, Je-moon Yoon, Sae-byeok Song, Woo-hee Cheon, Do-won Gwak, Young-ki Jung, Beom-taek Kwon, Mi-do Lee, Kyeong-jin Min, Myeong-shin Park (more)Plots(1)
A disquieting mother-son story starring veteran actress Kim Hye-ja as a small-town apothecary, black-market acupuncturist and single mother to son, Do-joon. Though Do-joon seems too hapless to be dangerous, the local police pin a teenage schoolgirl's murder on him. Against huge odds, his mother goes after the real killer. (Madman Entertainment)
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Mother evoked so many feelings in me that I lost myself in it... and never found myself again. It's a very deep film, yet somehow for me it was lacking in suspense. Indeed it all rests on Hye-ja Kim's perfect performance, nothing to fault there. As a whole, I didn't like it that much; 2.5 stars.
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The director of Parasite didn't impress me much this time and although Mother is an important film in South Korean cinematography, I found almost nothing interesting in it. The main characters didn't interest me, the pace is incredibly slow, the lack of action and violence also didn't please me, and as a result the denouement didn't please me much either. Three stars out of respect for the craftmanship, but otherwise the film went absolutely over my head. Story****, Action>No, Humor>No, Violence*, Entertainment**, Music***, Visual**, Atmosphere***, Suspense**. 5/10.
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