Moss

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flixster f While the destination, as expected, wasn't satisfying enough, the journey was worthwhile. Given its runtime, I was quite hesitant to watch it, but thankfully it paid off well enough. My use of fast forward button was relatively less in this 160+ minutes flick. Not the edge-of-the-seat or 'keeps you guessing' kind of thriller, but kept me engaged more than less. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Moss definitely kept me on my toes Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member absolutely outstanding murder, thriller movie after confession of murder. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Another example of fine Korean writing. A thriller that unravels a complex story and characters subplots in a way than no many thriller genera film do. A fantastic acting and great make up effect add on to this cinematographically astonishing film. The set up is original...A small town built by criminals guided by a corrupted cop and taken care by a pricier who's task is to rehabilitate the criminal's mind. Unpredictable twists come till the very end and the 3 hours length feel very much justified. The quite charming small town and peaceful landscapes are efficiently juxtaposed with the eerie suffocating atmosphere that lurks around the village. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member (***): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] Well-acted and intriguing. My only complaint is that the film is a bit overlong (roughly 30 minutes too long IMO). Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Being a big fan of Korean cinema I'm pre-disposed to expect nothing less than excellence from everything coming out of their studios. Yea, it's unfair. It is, however, the highest compliment I can offer. That said, 'Moss' is kind of a mess. An overlong movie, 'Moss' took two sittings and a case of completion obligation to soldier though. As Roger Ebert once said, "No good movie is too long, no bad movie is short enough." And being an artist-for-hire I'm sympathetic to the question Mozart poses in response to his patron's editing request in 'Amadeus': "What notes should I cut?" Well, 'Moss' is not Don Giovanni. It wasn't built by connecting multiple strokes of genius into an unassailable masterpiece. It's a smallish idea of a mystery told in a puffed-up, convoluted manner to suggest that there's more here than there actually is. This may be read by some as "twisty". I found it a ponderous Rashomon-style misfire. A good example of how this film suffers (and didn't have to) can be found in one of the resolution scenes at the end. Two characters - who, for the entire film, have been at odds with each other - finally find common purpose. One or two lines of dialogue quickly establish that the bad blood is behind them and they've made peace. We, the viewer, get it. Nicely done. But NO! The director insists on an extended conversation beyond this point of understanding, whereupon one character says, "You're ok. We should have lunch. You're a good guy...", and so on. Such scenes read like notes the director made to himself to underscore character relationships, and then forgot to cut in the final edit. It could be misconstrued by the viewer as insulting to one's intelligence but it just feels like poor editing. Because 'Moss' is filled with overwrought scenes (some unintentionally comical like the above exchange), the eventual reveal feels way too little way too late. The power of the crime and cover-up at the heart of the story needed to have the weight to reward the viewer's commitment and justify the oh-so-important atmosphere of everything that preceded its explanation. By that point you just won't care. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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