Mother: A First Korean Film Review
So by the thanks of the graces of a friend, I happened to encounter this film “Mother” from Korea. It is the tale of a rather overbearing mother that is forced into a quest of trying to prove her son’s innocence for a chilling murder. It begins to show a woman with a son, whom she adores, caught up in some negative lifestyles, but really, he is no more than a petty thug and not a hardened criminal. This is a film that establishes with lots of bizarre scenes, and by bizarre, I mean they are only weird for a little while. As for the ending of the film, all I can say is it reminds me of that Japanese classic film “Rashomon.” From the title and any cover images this may seem like a film that follows the depth of a mother’s love. But as that lovely Stephin Merrit once wrote. “Things are not what they appear, Beginning with a mother’s love, When a helping hand comes near, It leaves an empty glove.” As the mother in this film launches her quest to find the real killer and prove her son’s inno...