Maggie (2018) User Reviews

Loose but fruitful

[theapinbetween · 6/10 · 23 January 2020]

Told by a fictional narrator which gives name to the film, Maggie revolves around the misadventures of a young nurse working in a hospital. It doesn't focus on a particular event, but rather on different episodes which are linked by the idea of trust and misunderstanding. The film deals with it with funny, non-sense kind of gags and situations, alternating out of line situations with more realistic ones, but its distinctive feature remains its voluntary eccentricity. Even if I found it at times loose, lacking a central, solid connection, I still enjoyed its creativity and abundance of ideas, which I found to be reasons good enough to watch a movie and to give credit to its authors.

Fresh, Lively and lovely

[roger-99-171599 · 7/10 · 4 July 2019]

Vivid, spontaneously funny and visually appealing, it demonstrates the vibrant aesthetic of modern Korean cinema. It revolves around the effects caused by an explicit X-ray photo, raising false accusations and a net of unsatisfied desires. The Hospital's workers react differently to the alarming situation, painting a canvas of society, its dogmas, prejudice and inability of trust. As an investigation starts to find out who were having sex in the X-ray room, other issues surge among them, strengthen up their virtues.

Boring

[lukasz-korczewski-942-147747 · 4/10 · 19 November 2019]

The idea about sex in the hospital x-ray room seemed funny. The problem is it the title was about something completely different. And although there were some mildly amusing scenes, the film was generally rather boring and devoid of tension. Closer to a series of disjunct scenes pretending to be a plot.

Nothing happens and there is no vibes

[sally_storm · 2/10 · 17 June 2022]

There's a Letterboxd list with a name "nothing happens, yeah but the vibes". In this movie, nothing happens and there are no "vibes" or anything else to make up for it. Starts off interesting enough, with a small "mystery", only to completely change tracks and start a new story, and then another one, and another one. The stories have no connection and don't spark any interest. This is a movie about nothing and there is nothing to redeem it - no engaging dialogues, no aesthetic locations. The majority of the movie is people conversing about absolutely nothing, which leads to nothing at all. When something finally happens, guess what? The movie ends!