Wordiezett
So much average
StyleSk8r
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Sameer Callahan
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
Roman Sampson
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
rajgopalkr
1. I am not a professional movie critic/ contemporary cinema connoisseur/cinema-101-millenial-turned-cinema-snob who feels the need to blog on impulse for personal attention. You are not going to find too many protagonist, antagonist, plot, scene mentions on these reviews. 2. My reviews are intended to inspire, (if I may be permitted to use that word) everyday, ordinary people who recourse to popular cinema: domestic and international and might be tired of the same mind numbing, brainwashed, predictable entertainment on our screens today. To inspire them to go and buy, rent or join clubs or associations showcasing such movies, where available, or to at least search for avenues where one can watch cinema for what I like it: art, beautiful storytelling, impeccable acting and lasting memories. 3. My approach is usually "mile wide, inch deep". That being said (very rarely) it might be the other way around "inch wide, mile deep", where I pick on a specific aspect and rave/ rant about the same. If you are looking for an in-depth, comprehensive review, I doubt I could satisfy that vein. 4. My perspective is that of an individual who views the world through limited knowledge of cinema and reading. I am not an extensive traveller, I do not feel the need to be a part of an era or to engage with a specific culture/ sub culture to review it. I take my time to write what I think appears meaningful to me during the course of the movie.5. Inevitably, there will be aspects that I will refer to in the movie that I cannot negate: scenes, specific aspects of plots or personalities. My reviews will always carry a SPOILER ALERT warning. You have been warned!6. I tend to compare different movies that I think are either in the same genre or , in some way, aesthetically connected to the movie I review. You will also have my reasons for why I think this would be an apt comparison. You may not necessarily agree with my reasons for the same, feel free to stop reading at any time.
TeeJay1992
This movie's about a mother who tracks down the killer of a young girl, Je-moon, who was supposedly killed by the mother's son. We see Yoon Do-joon get arrested after a drunken night while his mom suspects his best friend Jin-tae. My favorite character was Jin-tae as he had some great scenes with Mother, especially when the two were investigating the dead girl's classmates. I recommend this movie if you don't mind reading subtitles, like foreign films, or like investigation movies. I watched this on Netflix.
JolinKnight
I can definitely sure, she is a great mother. She takes the basic responsibility to be as a mother. Loving her child by not allowing any one bully him, caring about her son by caring him every little piece of life, and protecting her baby even though she needs to be a killer,all of them are what a great mother will do for her baby. Her love is everywhere in the movie, it is almost every of her performances in the movie is to describe the love, no matter by a simply words or by a small gesture. The mother here convinces me that she is the retarded boy's mother. It doesn't matter looking from the expression, the movement or the tone, she exactly the mother of the poor boy. Even she drops the conscience away to take the responsibility of a mother. Quarrelling with others to defend her son, doing something under table to help her son, and even killing a people to protect him, all of them can tell the audiences who she is, can shame those mothers without taking their responsibility, and also can make some idiots aware of what would a mother do for a son like them.However, from the great mother, there are also problems that, I think, the director want to show us. It is also the great mother who told his son to kick back when someone bully him, which leads to the killing he did. It is again the great mother exposes her selfish to the audiences when she decided to kill the junkman and put another poor boy into prison instead of her son. She even wants to believe anyone else can be the murder except her son. Those are also why I am confused about, maybe the movie want to tell us a great mother, not a great person and maybe the two ones can not be the same person.Anyway, there is no doubt that it is a great mother here is being talked about. The last thing makes me feel a little bit better is that our great mother cries when she talks with the innocent boy who catches the crime for her son, and that means she still has conscience.
roadtorajendra
Memories of Murder, Oldboy & Madeo are the three Korean movies which will stay in your mind for a long time. This is the first time I'm writing a review for a movie at IMDb and this movie really deserves one. Madeo is about a mother who is trying desperately to bring her son out of imprisonment. I watched it late night, the screenplay is engrossing to such an extent that some scenes of the movie gave me goosebumps. Narration, Music and Cinematography make it an absorbing experience. The build up to the climax is really amazing. It's really hard to predict what happens next.There is something about the Korean movies which brings the characters involved in it closer to your heart. Be it the performances or the body language it stirs your heart. In the end when the mother dances on the tour bus after injecting herself with acupuncture, especially with music in the background leaves a lump in your throat.