A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.
Disturbing, enthralling and filled with interesting shots that reflect an artist's eye.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
16 Apr 2010
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It is Hye-ja Kim that carries Mother, making her mother of a Mother an all-suffering, all-enduring victim who acquires more spine and subtler shadings as the story deliberately, patiently reveals its secrets.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Apr 2010
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You've never met a mother quite like this one.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr 2010
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Bold, unpredictable and quietly devastating, Mother is Bong's first masterpiece.
– Tom Huddleston,
Time Out,
19 Aug 2010
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Bong's opening and climactic scenes, in which the old woman bops around to a dance tune amid a vast field of yellow grass, are typical of the movie's cockeyed poetry.