Much
as this soundtrack makes one want to dance the slow dance of serenity and
carefree-ness, it is only when one sees the film- and that too only in the very
end- that one is exposed to the real (read- real enough to blow your fucking
mind) meaning of the dance that Mother (played freakishly well by Kim Hye-ja) is introduced to the
audience with in the very first shot.
It
is twisted, makes one feel queasy and quite like Bong Joon-ho's previous masterful contribution to the crime
thriller genre Memories of Murder,
it left me with a sickening feeling in the gut that I'm sure I will find hard
to shake off for a few days atleast.
Yes,
there are pacing issues, especially in the second half. Yes, precious little
happens in some sections in the middle that could've perhaps been dealt with
better.
But
stick with it and you shall be rewarded with a few genuinely affecting scenes
that South Korean cinema has produced in recent times, or as regular people
would call it- some highly fucked up shit.
Four
out of five.
PS:
If fucked up shit is not your thing, do still listen to the soundtrack. You
WILL move to the melody.
Catch trailer below:
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