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Mother

"She'll stop at nothing."

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.

Top Cast

  • Kim Hye-ja

    Kim Hye-ja

    Mother

  • Won Bin

    Won Bin

    Yoon Do-joon

  • Jin Goo

    Jin Goo

    Jin-tae

  • Yoon Je-moon

    Yoon Je-moon

    Je-moon

  • Jeon Mi-seon

    Jeon Mi-seon

    Mi-seon

  • Song Sae-byuk

    Song Sae-byuk

    Sepak Takraw Detective

  • Lee Young-suk

    Lee Young-suk

    Elder at Junk Shop

  • Moon Hee-ra

    Moon Hee-ra

    Moon Ah-jeong

  • Chun Woo-hee

    Chun Woo-hee

    Mi-na

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.

Rating

7.7 / 10
1,687 Reviews
3 Popular

1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Jul 17, 2023

    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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