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Memories of Murder blends the familiar crime genre with social satire and comedy, capturing the all-too human desperation of its key characters.
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How the hell does a film this tonally out there, with characters this lunkheaded and at times even cruel and hateful, manage to be so indescribably moving? Aug 15, 2017 | Full Review…
How the hell does a film this tonally out there, with characters this lunkheaded and at times even cruel and hateful, manage to be so indescribably moving?
Bilge Ebiri
What's singular in all this is the director's angle into the material, which is subtle, difficult to pin down, elusive. Jul 29, 2005 | Full Review…
What's singular in all this is the director's angle into the material, which is subtle, difficult to pin down, elusive.
Stephen Hunter
An involving and skillfully mounted film from Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho that's based on a true story. Jul 28, 2005 | Full Review…
An involving and skillfully mounted film from Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho that's based on a true story.
Desson Thomson
Bong not only has an eye for beauty there are some gorgeous shots of the country's farmland but for the absurd. Jul 21, 2005 | Rating: 3/4
Bong not only has an eye for beauty there are some gorgeous shots of the country's farmland but for the absurd.
Stephen Whitty
Uses dark humor, incisive characterizations and social commentary to infuse its familiar detective tale with a distinctive flair. Jul 21, 2005
Uses dark humor, incisive characterizations and social commentary to infuse its familiar detective tale with a distinctive flair.
Frank Scheck
Memories of Murder is such a taut, effective thriller it's a shame you have to read subtitles to gauge just how good a movie it is. Jul 15, 2005 | Rating: 4.5/5
Memories of Murder is such a taut, effective thriller it's a shame you have to read subtitles to gauge just how good a movie it is.
Manohla Dargis
Bong Joon-ho directs writes sublimely, mostly focusing on the antithesis between the local simpletons and the "intellectual" from Seoul, which is presented with intense humor, without depriving the film of its seriousness, though. Mar 8, 2019 | Full Review…
Bong Joon-ho directs writes sublimely, mostly focusing on the antithesis between the local simpletons and the "intellectual" from Seoul, which is presented with intense humor, without depriving the film of its seriousness, though.
Panos Kotzathanasis
A perplexing film in many ways - and one that must play quite differently to South Korean audiences, who are familiar with the unsolved murder case - Memories is almost too much of a good thing in the variety and complexity of its director's sensibility. Oct 17, 2018 | Full Review…
A perplexing film in many ways - and one that must play quite differently to South Korean audiences, who are familiar with the unsolved murder case - Memories is almost too much of a good thing in the variety and complexity of its director's sensibility.
Dan Sallitt
Superb police procedural film. Dec 27, 2013 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Superb police procedural film.
Dennis Schwartz
Joon-ho Bong lets viewers fall into the cops' frustrations, but these detectives are dogged, not downtrodden. "Memories" shows their lives, however tortured, outside the case - like "Heat" without antagonistic rivalries or a more political "Zodiac." Sep 19, 2010 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Joon-ho Bong lets viewers fall into the cops' frustrations, but these detectives are dogged, not downtrodden. "Memories" shows their lives, however tortured, outside the case - like "Heat" without antagonistic rivalries or a more political "Zodiac."
Nick Rogers
A much better movie than the more recent and more heralded "Mother", another movie about a killer. Mar 26, 2010 | Full Review…
A much better movie than the more recent and more heralded "Mother", another movie about a killer.
Louis Proyect
It plays as quite a refreshing take on this style, and, except for the heavy handed ending, proves to be an enjoyable and provocative flick, definitely worth seeking out. Jun 21, 2007 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
It plays as quite a refreshing take on this style, and, except for the heavy handed ending, proves to be an enjoyable and provocative flick, definitely worth seeking out.
Jason Gorber
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