A Korean family relocate to Arkansas in the 1980's, and hope to establish a farm, bringing in the grandmother to help look after the two young children.
I very nearly hit the menu button, ten minutes in I was a little bored by it, I am genuinely so pleased that I stuck with it, and gave it a chance. You could argue it's slow moving, and compared to many films, it is, but it's beautifully observed, and just a story of family life, a family trying to get by in a totally different place.
It's quite an engrossing watch, what I got was a very strong sense of reality, I truly did believe in a family trying hard to adjust to a new life, with a new set of people and cultures, it was quite well realised. That ending.....talk about sad.
I absolutely loved the grandmother, she wasn't how I was expecting a Korean grandmother from the time to be, she was a riot, providing laughs, and some of the films more serious moments, Youn Yuh-jung was just awesome, as we're the whole cast.
Absorbing viewing, 8/10.
I very nearly hit the menu button, ten minutes in I was a little bored by it, I am genuinely so pleased that I stuck with it, and gave it a chance. You could argue it's slow moving, and compared to many films, it is, but it's beautifully observed, and just a story of family life, a family trying to get by in a totally different place.
It's quite an engrossing watch, what I got was a very strong sense of reality, I truly did believe in a family trying hard to adjust to a new life, with a new set of people and cultures, it was quite well realised. That ending.....talk about sad.
I absolutely loved the grandmother, she wasn't how I was expecting a Korean grandmother from the time to be, she was a riot, providing laughs, and some of the films more serious moments, Youn Yuh-jung was just awesome, as we're the whole cast.
Absorbing viewing, 8/10.