Mother 2009
7.7 / 10
Mother
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.
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.
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... Mother
... Yoon Do-joon
... Jin-tae
... Je-moon
... Mi-seon
... Sepak Takraw Detective
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See All 1 Reviews17 Jul 2023 by CinemaSerf
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!)
Release Date:
May 28, 2009 (Korea, Republic Of)
Run Time:
2hr 9`
MMPA Rating:
R
Original Language:
Korean
Production Countries:
Korea, Republic Of
Status:
Released
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Mother - Mother
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!)
Cast & Crew of
Mother - Mother
Directors & Credit Writers
... Third Assistant Director
... Director
... Second Assistant Director
Cast
... Mother
... Yoon Do-joon
... Jin-tae
... Je-moon
... Mi-seon
... Sepak Takraw Detective
... Elder at Junk Shop
MH
Moon Hee-ra... Moon Ah-jeong
... Mi-na
... Police Group Leader
... Lawyer Kong Seok-ho
... Skinny Student
... Fat Student
... Scar Girl
... Ah-jeong's Grandma
... Lawyer Office Manager
... Mi-na's Mother
... Female Owner
... On-the-spot Inspection Detective
... Golf dean
Produced By
JHC
Joon H. Choi... Associate Producer
... Executive Producer
NS
Nam Sung-ho... Unit Production Manager
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