The Ugly
Taste attributes: mysterythrillerdramafresh & originalheavyglossyenclosedcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems
"The barefaced truth comes out."
Boxlist takeA fresh, polished thriller, heavy rather than light. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
7.1 /10
TMDB · 25 votes
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
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- Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
One day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.
Synopsis: TMDB
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- Genre
- Mystery
- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Status
- Released
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