I must say, I was a tad bit underwhelmed with this one... especially after reading all of the rave reviews. I'm going to attribute it to part language barrier and part cultural significance that I may not be privy to.
I feel like I technically should be classifying this as a thriller, but it came off much more like a drama with comedic and horror elements within it. There wasn't all that much particularly "thrilling". While I feel like some aspects teetered on really achieving the thrill factor, I also feel that what was successful in that realm was diminished by its long run time and laborious and inconsistent pacing. It also didn't help that the ending was pretty unfulfilling.
However, despite the "down time" in the plot, what was there was intriguing and engaging. If they could have edited it down a bit and made it more concise I think it would have been more successful personally. There was solid acting and fun comedic elements within a dark and haunting subject matter. For me to recommend this I'd require a decent amount of patience. 5.5 rounding up to a 6.
I feel like I technically should be classifying this as a thriller, but it came off much more like a drama with comedic and horror elements within it. There wasn't all that much particularly "thrilling". While I feel like some aspects teetered on really achieving the thrill factor, I also feel that what was successful in that realm was diminished by its long run time and laborious and inconsistent pacing. It also didn't help that the ending was pretty unfulfilling.
However, despite the "down time" in the plot, what was there was intriguing and engaging. If they could have edited it down a bit and made it more concise I think it would have been more successful personally. There was solid acting and fun comedic elements within a dark and haunting subject matter. For me to recommend this I'd require a decent amount of patience. 5.5 rounding up to a 6.