A well made film, not for the squeamish and difficult to watch. A harrowing true story with some sad insights into the archaic Korean justice system. I sincerely hope things have changed since the events in this story took place.
My problem with the film is it makes obvious and elongated efforts to drag out the misery. Cheesy music plays and characters move in slow motion. The events are already horrible. Dressing it up in such a fashion is effective at times, but over the top and a little corny for the most part. It devalues the story. Oscar worthy, it is not.
There is also little let up. It's wall to wall misery. A well made film, worth watching for its content, if you don't mind the obvious attempts to stretch out the pain, as if there wasn't enough already.
My problem with the film is it makes obvious and elongated efforts to drag out the misery. Cheesy music plays and characters move in slow motion. The events are already horrible. Dressing it up in such a fashion is effective at times, but over the top and a little corny for the most part. It devalues the story. Oscar worthy, it is not.
There is also little let up. It's wall to wall misery. A well made film, worth watching for its content, if you don't mind the obvious attempts to stretch out the pain, as if there wasn't enough already.