Movie #782 ........................."Mother"

Movie #782 "Mother" has a very good script, but not such good acting, at least by the mentally challenged son in the film. This is, I think, the first Korean film I've ever seen, and I thought it was very good. I really liked the story, the characters, the turns and surprises ---- however, I didn't need the violence. I had heard Korean films have a lot of violence, but there wasn't that much ------I just didn't like the way the disabled boy was conveyed. In the hands of a better actor, this film would have been much better in conveying the character's disability and vulnerability. I guess we do that better in the U.S. --- I'm thinking Leonardo DiCaprio in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"--- wow! dead on for that young boy. Anyway, the mother in this film is so determined to defend/take care of her son, it'll tear your heart out ---- and she's very good and she's what moves the film to its surprising conclusion. Mother 2009 R 129 minutes. I give it 4 stars out of 5 A murder rocks a South Korean town and suspicion quickly falls on a reclusive, mentally challenged -- and alibi-free -- young man (Bin Won). When an inept public defender botches the boy's case, his mother (Hye-ja Kim) sets out to prove her son's innocence. Acclaimed director Joon-ho Bong (Memories of Murder) explores the lengths a mother will go to protect her child in this atmospheric crime thriller. Cast:Hye-ja Kim, Bin Won, Ku Jin, Yoon Jae-Moon, Mun-hee Na, Mi-sun Jun, Young-Suck Lee, Sae-Beauk Song, Woo-hee Chun, Byoung-Soon Kim Genre:Foreign Thrillers, Korea, Foreign Languages, Foreign