Mother

Mother

4/2/2010 2h 9m 7.7/10

Overview

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.

Director

Bong Joon Ho

Top Billed Cast

Jin Goo

Jin Goo

Jin-tae

Song Sae-byuk

Song Sae-byuk

Sepak Takraw Detective

Yoon Je-moon

Yoon Je-moon

Je-moon

Jeon Mi-seon

Jeon Mi-seon

Mi-seon

Won Bin

Won Bin

Yoon Do-joon

Kim Hye-ja

Kim Hye-ja

Mother

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7/17/2023

7/10

This is a corking film from Bong Joon Ho with an equally super performance from Hye-ja Kim as the "Mother". Her son "Soon Do-joon" (Won Bin) is accused of murdering a young girl. The police seem convinced of his guilt and her lawyer suggests he be detained in an hospital - rather than a prison - so she sets out, determinedly, to establish his innocence. As she takes to her task, she soon becomes obsessed, her own mental stability begins to wobble and we are drawn into a dark, almost sombre, crime thriller. It has plenty of twists and turns, and by the end (which comes pretty much from the left field) I almost felt exhausted. This is as engrossing a film as I've seen in many years, with an excellent (almost Andalusian in style) accompanying score - well worth watching. (Maybe less so if you are not so keen on acupuncture needles!)

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