Leaving Mom

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A young street barber caring for his mother with late-stage Alzheimer's disease finds himself torn between love and exhaustion as her condition worsens. In a final attempt to give her the care she deserves, he travels to South Korea in hopes of leaving his mom with the half-brother he's never met, before time and memory slip away from them both.

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Sarah Vincent

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While unflinching in its portrait of a mother and son with physical and mental limitations and no resources trying to manage each other’s health problems, it veers towards a happy ending that dismisses everything that came before

Sep 8, 2025

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Carla Hay

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Leaving Mom can get a little overstuffed with its two major storylines about caregiving for a parent with dementia and looking for a long-lost family member. However, this drama has very good performances, even if some of the scenes veer into triteness.

Aug 30, 2025

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Panos Kotzathanasis

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While “Leaving Mom” has minor issues, the emotional weight, social commentary, strong performances, and dual settings make it a movie worth watching. Fans of melodrama are likely to find it particularly compelling.

Rated: 6.5

Aug 24, 2025

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Teja Lam

I did not go to movie forgot to cancel

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/14/25

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Ellen Nguyen

It’s really good movie, I like it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/10/25

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ivy

About family and great movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/09/25

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Tammy L

What a phenomenal movie. I wish I could give 10 stars for this movie. I cried the whole movie and my parents loved it as well!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/07/25

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Yen

Love this! Look forward to more Viet Korean movies in the future.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/04/25

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MT

Beautiful, heart wrenching.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/02/25

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A young street barber caring for his mother with late-stage Alzheimer's disease finds himself torn between love and exhaustion as her condition worsens. In a final attempt to give her the care she deserves, he travels to South Korea in hopes of leaving his mom with the half-brother he's never met, before time and memory slip away from them both.

Director: Mo Hong-jin
Producer: Phan Gia Nhat Linh, Kim Dae Kuen, Choi Yuno
Screenwriter: Mo Hong-jin
Distributor: Eastern Edge Films
Production Co: Sidus
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Vietnamese
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 28, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 2h 5m