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A decent study in manipulation, although some of the various professional and personal relationships depicted don't always seem sincere.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
02/06/23
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Movie love!
#TheGirlatmyDoor
This film has just confirmed to me that Korean cinema is the best! For originality and moments that shock or disturb. The girl at my door (Doohee-ya) does just that.
This film is a slow burner but it also keeps you glued to the screen with moments that make you laugh, moments of anger and shock! So please stick with it.
The star of the show was Sae-ron Kim (Do-Hee) playing the victim and bullied little girl so well you start to believe she is actually taking beats for real. One scene in particular had my hands over my face in shock! Although this scene was ruined slightly by the guy sat in front of me in the cinema making grunting noises (quite worrying considering the content of the scene)
All in all this film is brilliant and I can't find anything negative i could mention. Just a simple story with a great twist.
8.5/10 very enjoyable, thought provoking and disturbing. Everything you expect from Korean cinema. Says ***The_beauman***
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
02/25/23
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Após um acidente, Young-nam, uma jovem agente de polícia de Seul, é transferida para uma pequena aldeia no litoral. Ao chegar, cruza-se com a Dohee, uma adolescente intrigante. Neste novo ambiente, Young-nam encontra o padrasto de Dohee, um homem violento e alcoólico que explora os trabalhadores imigrantes. Para proteger a Dohee dos maus tratos do padrasto, a Young-nam acolhe-a em casa. A jovem policial descobre então as várias facetas da personalidade de Dohee. Bom roteiro e direção. O filme peca por ser um pouco longo e ter algumas cenas em excesso, mas é valioso.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/22/23
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Where's the innocence and who's the victim?
Good to be back to a Korean movie and this time I'm happy that I picked the right one. A small budget movie produced by the Korean film board and many actors from the project did for the free. A massive victory for a debutante director July Jung after receiving a standing ovation from the audience at Cannes and the positive response from the critics, media and movie buffs around the world. From this you would know that you must not miss the film and I would say the same, but I also apprise you that it ain't masterpiece.
The story follows the police officer Lee Young-nam, who is moving into a quiet small coastal town station to take a charge after the allegation of drinking problem and other personal scandal in the capital city. Her task is to lay low for a while until everything calms down to move back. She succeeds only until a girl knocks her door, metaphorically as what the title say. An unexpected relationship develops, as well seems another trouble is on the approach. Whatever happen from there is the story, especially the second half.
The good thing is this film talk about the root cause of the domestic violence. Like alcohol is one of the major concerns for those. Small intake is okay, but the excessive and addiction is the worry. No matter its the good people or bad according to how they live and what they do, but the point remain same. Here in this story as well all the characters were associated with alcoholism, but differentiated with purpose of life they are in and responsibility. The child abuse, the family who treat their own child badly was the goal to expose for us. And what follows after that was beyond a proper solution. The point it ended and what might happen after that is still a questionable.
"Alcohol is the problem."
The girl was Kim Sae-ron from 'The Man from Nowhere' fame. She's has grown up, a teenager. In the next movie probably would play a heroine. She was very good in the role. The girl with the mentality of when everybody sided her in the society except one who begin to care for her all the sudden, that might unleash the inner evil for having a support and to relocate, but the doubt is she's capable? From the girl's perspective, all are fair and square, but what society and law's take is another arguable angle. So you might know by now, the movie is not about any section of good versus bad people, but the reality of our world/civilization/society and a strategy to stay input/alive in the life between the obstacles we face.
Slow narration, particularly in the first half. Took time to evolve the characters, but still confines the earlier events of each one of them that gave a strong next half. Nobody can know where the story is gonna go, the possibilities are several. I was stunned for the way it ended, especially the last 15 minutes were not typical, but tricky. Even for a real life, this kind of stuffs scares hell out of being an adult for caught between being a villain, but not an (serious/life threatening) offender. I said it because still in many third world countries that is how a child brought up and nobody care including government/law or the neighbours. Its no matter small mischievous thing or not intended to, or you did it. What I'm saying is the example of movies like 'Jagten' and 'In the House'. Anyway, a nice movie with the talented performers. Worth a watch and to suggest those we know.
8/10
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/30/23
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I do not think I've ever actually seen pedophilia portrayed on screen. The freak shows who love "The Professional" for all the wrong reasons, will love this.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
03/31/23
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Amazing movie ever seen.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/15/23
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