Byul
La La Land
A Heart-wrenching Thrilling Drama
**Warning: Movie contains animal and child abuse**
•Plot: A mother looking for her missing child can easily fall into your "average thriller" trap, yet this movie could leave an impact for its mix of hideous shots and turns, gripping performance, and good directing. It is a sad, dark, and sometimes sickening movie that consistently sheds light on the mentality of a mother with a missing child, the anguish of abandoned children, the selfishness and ignorance of people.
So the movie doesn't start with some cliche sweet moments of the family ahead of the tragedy. It gets you right into the aftermath of their child disappearance and the parents' exhausted tries in search of their lost son, although 6 years had already passed. Frustrating and unfair events kept on building and escalating to effectively make you feel the misery, another thing that honestly made this movie cruel and distressing to watch.
I won't deny that many happenings were predictable, but few bold gasping-worth moments took me by surprise (the main reason I rated this 8.5). At some point, I thought it was going to turn into a revenge story, which is tempting, but thankfully enough didn't happen. The movie instead gave a message that hope is one thing that a mother should never give up on for her child, just as the movie title suggests "Please Find Me".
•Cast: I only saw (Lee Young Ae) before in "lady vengeance", which was enough for me to appreciate her forever! Here, she played the role of a desperate, yet tenacious mother very well. (Yoo Jae Myung) who played an appalling thug cop, was amazingly impressive, unlike most secondary characters he usually takes. And as always, I was glad to see (Park Hae Joon) on the screen, such a talented versatile actor!
•Cinematography and music were well-suited to the mood of the movie, leaving behind some vivid unsettling imagery. However, the movie, in general, isn't extremely violent or gory.
It is hard to express how this movie affected me without spoiling it, so I won't say more. but overall, I loved this movie and its view on the sad painful reality of abandoned/abused children, and would definitely recommend it to you all :)
•Plot: A mother looking for her missing child can easily fall into your "average thriller" trap, yet this movie could leave an impact for its mix of hideous shots and turns, gripping performance, and good directing. It is a sad, dark, and sometimes sickening movie that consistently sheds light on the mentality of a mother with a missing child, the anguish of abandoned children, the selfishness and ignorance of people.
So the movie doesn't start with some cliche sweet moments of the family ahead of the tragedy. It gets you right into the aftermath of their child disappearance and the parents' exhausted tries in search of their lost son, although 6 years had already passed. Frustrating and unfair events kept on building and escalating to effectively make you feel the misery, another thing that honestly made this movie cruel and distressing to watch.
I won't deny that many happenings were predictable, but few bold gasping-worth moments took me by surprise (the main reason I rated this 8.5). At some point, I thought it was going to turn into a revenge story, which is tempting, but thankfully enough didn't happen. The movie instead gave a message that hope is one thing that a mother should never give up on for her child, just as the movie title suggests "Please Find Me".
•Cast: I only saw (Lee Young Ae) before in "lady vengeance", which was enough for me to appreciate her forever! Here, she played the role of a desperate, yet tenacious mother very well. (Yoo Jae Myung) who played an appalling thug cop, was amazingly impressive, unlike most secondary characters he usually takes. And as always, I was glad to see (Park Hae Joon) on the screen, such a talented versatile actor!
•Cinematography and music were well-suited to the mood of the movie, leaving behind some vivid unsettling imagery. However, the movie, in general, isn't extremely violent or gory.
It is hard to express how this movie affected me without spoiling it, so I won't say more. but overall, I loved this movie and its view on the sad painful reality of abandoned/abused children, and would definitely recommend it to you all :)
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