Storyline
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.
Directors
Cast
Yoon Je-moon, Kwak Do-won, Jeon Mi-seon, Jin Goo, Won Bin, Park Myung-shin, Chun Woo-hee, Jung Young-ki, Kim Hye-ja, Yeo Moo-yeong, Moon Hee-ra, Lee Yeong-seok, Kim Byeong-soon, Song Sae-byuk, Yun Yeong-keol, Lee Mi-do, Kim Jin-goo, Lee Jung-eun, Hwang Young-hee, Go Gyu-pil, Yum Dong-hun, Jo Kyung-sook, Min Kyung-jin
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Reviews
100
Wall Street Journal
An absolutely phenomenal film by the Korean director Bong Joon-ho.
100
Salon
Its combination of dazzling cinematic craft, psychological insight and black humor make this one of the year's moviegoing musts -- and even or especially at her most deranged, Kim Hye-ja's amazing mother is profoundly, passionately human.
91
Again as with Bong's earlier films, Mother is a genre exercise that honors convention, yet weaves around it whenever possible. Bong carefully turns Mother into a classic gumshoe tale, with red herrings, interrogations, and moments of sublime suspense.
90
The Hollywood Reporter
A superb murder mystery, with twists coming thick and fast yet always at the right moments.
90
The hard-pounding heart of Mother, Ms. Kim is a wonderment. Perched on the knife edge between tragedy and comedy, her delivery gives the narrative -- which tends to drift, sometimes beguilingly, sometimes less so -- much of its momentum.
