The Handmaiden

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Thyaagu C @Thyaagu 6d Somewhere between "wow" and "what the hell" lies pure cinema. This wasn’t a movie… it was a 145-minute emotional, hypnotic, manipulative session! See more Jeney Vieve M @RT51824224 May 10 Mind-bending, made me question my film predictability score (and my sanity of course.) See more Leprechaun K @LeprechaunKing Apr 29 Like Park's other movies, Handmaiden is written for sheer shock values with gimmicky plot twists that lack substance and depth. The director's usual theme of perversion serves as the building block of the story and the movie as a whole is pretentious at best. Quite frankly, some of the scenes are simply appalling and disgusting. All the twists and turns seem illogical and forced. It is grossly overrated to say the least. See more F P @Effeppi Apr 28 Definitely a great movie and plot, on the other hand tho, It seemed to me like a very elaborate way for Park Chan-wook to express some repressed sexual fantasy. See more Brian D @Brianwd2 Mar 17 78%. 3/14/26. Was dozing off a bit so didn't follow the film as well as I would have liked. I enjoyed it, I just didn't love it. I was a bit confused by the story initially. It did get better and better throughout. A pretty messed up story about an uncle that torments his niece and people playing tricks on each other before the two women fall for each other and screw over the man. Love the Korean/Japanese culture and setting, but the subtitles got more taxing since it was a little complicated initially. Definitely a memorable film and should rewatch down the road. 4/5 rewatch See more Lina V @viktorijalina Dec 15 One of the best movies out there. The plot is completely unpredictable, the characters are revealed very meticulously and new information keeps showing up until the last minute. Also the cinematography is just generally great See more Read all reviews

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