Mother
(R21)- Release Date: 31st December 2009 (Showtimes)
- Language: Korean
- Running Time: 128 mins
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Bong Joon-Ho
- Cast: Yoon Je-moon, Won Bin, Kim Hye-ja, Jin Goo
- Local Distributor: Cathay-keris Films, Festive Films
South Korea's official submission to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009. A widowed mother lives alone with her only son, Do-joon. He's 28 years old, a shy and quiet young man. In the aftermath of a terrible murder, the woman's son becomes the prime suspect. There's no real evidence against him, but the police zero in on him simply because he can't prove his innocence. Eager to close the case, the police arrest the boy. His defense attorney turns out to be incompetent and unreliable, making a conviction seem inevitable. Faced with no other choice, his mother gets involved, determined to prove her son's innocence.
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The trailer might have caught you with each alphabetic letter of M.O.T.H.E.R represented for. After watching several positive reviews, I had decided to watch the show in first instance. I would not say it was a great movie as personally, I felt the story was simple and lack of originality. But the mum unconditional love for her retarded child was the focus point and it was neither much moving nor much mysterious subtance in the whole show. And it was much manipulation of the director, Bong Joon-Ho own threatrical display. And, especially the dance step and movement displayed by the hysterical mum. Honestly, it did keep to my seat in finding out the truth. The female leading cast performance was compelling and convincing in searching for every single possible clue to prove the innocence of her child. Again, the slow pace settling seems neturalizing the thrill and the empathy for the whole show. A little disppointment was the film could have been rated as M( Mature) theme instead.
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