This movie about young working Koreans who are isolated from one another and society as a whole.
The movie excels at saying what it had to say without relying on dialogue. The main character Jinah hardly says anything, except at her job where she talks to customers all day. She is estranged from her father, her neighbors, and even from the energetic younger colleague she is supposed to train. She eats lunch at a place where you order from a digital kiosk, then enter where a faceless cook hands you the food without talking. This is mirrored in her own job, where she herself is a faceless interface for a company. She doesn't want to stay a minute more then necessary with her father, but spends hours observing him through his security camera.
Despite most of the movie taking place behind either the main character's tv screen at home or PC screen at work, the movie is shot in a way that is visually interesting and varied. All the characters are interesting and relatable, and the actors shine when the characters interact.
Overall, this movie took a huge risk with its concept, they put in the effort to properly do what they set out to do, and turned it into something unique that is more and more rare today. 9/10.
The movie excels at saying what it had to say without relying on dialogue. The main character Jinah hardly says anything, except at her job where she talks to customers all day. She is estranged from her father, her neighbors, and even from the energetic younger colleague she is supposed to train. She eats lunch at a place where you order from a digital kiosk, then enter where a faceless cook hands you the food without talking. This is mirrored in her own job, where she herself is a faceless interface for a company. She doesn't want to stay a minute more then necessary with her father, but spends hours observing him through his security camera.
Despite most of the movie taking place behind either the main character's tv screen at home or PC screen at work, the movie is shot in a way that is visually interesting and varied. All the characters are interesting and relatable, and the actors shine when the characters interact.
Overall, this movie took a huge risk with its concept, they put in the effort to properly do what they set out to do, and turned it into something unique that is more and more rare today. 9/10.