Olgami

I enjoyed very much Olgami. A sharp script, great acting, beautiful photography, punctual soundtrack. The movie looks like the explanation of a mathematical theorem about feelings, and it works very well. Not a single boring instant, a fluid narration with some brilliant moments of high tension and suspense, the sane respect of the logic. Some directors should study from this movie the grammar of the cinema: not a single shot is unnecessary or wrong. A standing ovation to So-Jeong Yun, who played the mother: she is able to scare us just with a glance. A critics could be appointed only on the acting of the young friend of Su-Jin, just a little bit forced, but the whole result is considerable.

"Olgami" offers nothing innovative. Actually, one is able to forsee everything that is going to happen in this "mad mother-in-law"-thriller. However, the whole thing is done in a highly entertaining and rather suspenseful manner. There's the son who has an almost incestuous relationship with his caring mother. Now this son is marrying a young, beautiful girl and lives with her at his mother's house. The mother is furious and tries to kick the intruder out. Soon, a full fledged psycho war evolves between the two women.

Well, basically it's "Fatal Attraction" within the family. Everyone who enjoys a good thriller will probably like it. And the incest (although it's only hinted at - especially in a disturbing shower scene ... "open your legs") adds a little spice to the plot. Being slightly generous, I'd rate it

7/10