Fresh
There is a touch too much of the handheld camera, but in general one senses that the very quality of the way this film was made is one of its justifications for being and for its raw moments.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Pieta
The truth of the heart is born only from sacrifice.
2012 · 1h 44m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Kim Ki-duk
Overview
A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
73%
Tomatometer
Fresh
After being subjected to disturbing scenes of abject cruelty, rape and torture, my reactions shifted from squeamish revulsion to a reluctant yet growing appreciation for Kim's thematic ambition.
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Fresh
The film's big reveal may not come as that much of a surprise; you may figure out where it's going well before the end. But it's the getting there that is, if not exactly fun, then certainly hypnotic.
Cary Darling, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Fresh
Fascination returns at the stirring climax, when the plot neatly twists and the film's apparently simple message turns deeper, and blacker.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
A mother's love for her child takes on brutal new meaning in Pieta, a film by Kim Ki-duk that's as hard to watch as it is to forget.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
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