- Sensibility: The behavior at a funeral, Jin Tae's relationships, Yoon Do-Joon's memory, and strange methods for proving innocence all make parts of the movie hard to swallow
- Cinematography: The film is undeniably beautiful. The shot choice, production design, and lighting are all near perfect and give the film a strong sense of style even when the story is weak. Costuming is also excellent and is important to the character design.
- Energy: The first half of this film feels like a chore. The characters are too one-dimensional and, in the mother's and son's case, painfully foolish. However, a big reveal near the end takes the film to great heights where it keeps climbing all the way to the end.
- Narrative: The first half of this film is messy and full of unnecessary details which feel present only to add sufficient length to reach the meat of the story. This is well redeemed by a brilliant shocking reveal and murder which changes the course of the film dramatically. These events give the film the substance the first half lacked.
- T-Points: The film received three bonus points: one for a great shot of a boy drinking soup after pissing on a wall, one for a shot of a pool of water drifting towards a hand, one for a brilliant tie-in late in the film to the opening sequence, and one for an excellent ending on a bus.
It's rare to see a film that has such a poor beginning followed by a brilliant ending. Fortunately, great cinematography throughout makes things interesting enough to stick with it through the whole film
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