I always found mother to be a strange picture in bong's filmography, like its good but not great despite it all being there.
The script is great, the deep meaning behind it is really good but its kinda hard to emotionally connect with it.
I like mother herself and the casting is genius for multiple reason but what really bugged me is how agonizingly slow this film is and how the mystery is not that engaging.
I still like the characters and kinda the story but the pacing ruins it for me kinda.
Mother
She'll stop at nothing.
Rating
3.5 (1)
Release Date
5/28/2009Runtime
129 minsOverview
A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.
How It Feels
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A mother's descent into moral ambiguity as she pursues justice for her son, unraveling into something far darker and more corrupting than a simple murder investigation. The film treats its small town with suffocating intimacy, turning every relationship into a potential source of suspicion and dread.
Mood
Dread-soakedTenseUnsettlingBleak
Themes
FamilyJusticeIsolationObsession
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceChild endangerment
Reviews
probably a hot take but i didnt like this one as much as the previous bong joon movies,it all comes down to the fact that the mystery is not that exciting to sit threw 2 hours,tyhe characters,character interactions and cinematography are still great but most of the revolves around the mystery and i didnt care for that most of the time.
there is a jojo's bizzare reference tho,that was sick.
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