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      Kidnapping Granny K

      2007 1h 58m Comedy List
      Reviews 56% Audience Score 100+ Ratings A retired and rich matriarch is angered when her family will not pay her modest ransom after she is kidnapped. She takes matters into her own hands and helps her kidnappers extort a huge ransom for her release. Read More Read Less

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      jesse o Your enjoyment of this movie will depend sorely on how much you find an old lady, with an incredibly annoying voice, screaming at the top of her lungs and ordering people around. Personally, I'm sure Na Moon-he is a fine actress, but her presence in this movie was annoying and distracting. The way she acts in this movie makes her come across as very unlikable, especially the fact that everything she did, planning out her own kidnapping and staging the ransom, was done as a way to teach a lesson to her adult children. It sounds good in theory but, again, it makes the character look incredibly unlikable. You fucked up raising your kids and so they grew up to be spoiled little assholes. That's your fault, nobody else's. It wasn't her place to do what she did. Perhaps it'd be fine if they were underage, but these are 4 grown-ass adults she's trying to change by, basically, stealing their money because they had to sell the land their mother gave them to raise up the money. Yea, the sentiment is a good one but the way the movie goes about isn't particularly effective to me. If my mother did that to me I wouldn't bother speaking to her ever again, that's incredibly manipulative and some pretty serious stuff she did there. Granted, the assholes in this movie didn't care but in real life most people would be immensely worried about their mom's life. And for then to turn out that she just wanted to teach me a lesson? I'd definitely cut off all ties with her after that. It was just really stupid and it reminded me of the lessons George Sr. would teach his children in Arrested Development. Except it was great in Arrested Development. I know I'm beating a dead horse but it really makes the character look incredibly unlikable and that's on top of her incredibly grating voice. But, thankfully, there's absolutely no melodrama at all to be found here. This is a goofy Korean comedy from beginning to end with some light dramatic touches, nothing overbearing or shamelessly and unnecessarily dramatic. And I thought the train heist itself was actually pretty decent. Nothing to write home about, but better than most of the film. I didn't think the film was that bad, it's just that the central character of the film is an annoyance from beginning to end. It certainly wasn't good, but it wasn't the worst film I've ever seen. It's a lighthearted, goofy, but not particularly funny comedy with an incredibly annoying main character. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member too long, running on little fuel Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Has it's moments.....some funny some silly. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the best belly-rolling LOL comedies of any language, ever. Yet behind all the wisecracks and follies lies an important social message for today's generation. Kudos to Granny Kwon for superb acting! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member an often hilarious Korean movie on filial piety. i felt like a piping hot bowl of soup after this :) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member lol the kidnapped teaching the kidnappers..great movie Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A retired and rich matriarch is angered when her family will not pay her modest ransom after she is kidnapped. She takes matters into her own hands and helps her kidnappers extort a huge ransom for her release.
      Director
      Kim Sang-jin
      Screenwriter
      Lee In
      Production Co
      Another Sunday, Directors
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      Korean
      Runtime
      1h 58m