Shoplifters * * *
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| Shoplifters. At least we bring our own bags. |
I just wish the rest of the film was as strong as the last 30 minutes.
It's a good drama but I'd be lying if I didn't say that at about half way through I was getting a bit fed up with this sweet but hopeless ensemble of people.
This is a contemporary Korean film about a bunch of folk sharing a disheveled hovel. They happily fill their fridge with shoplifted foods. The children don't go to school and the "Dad" is mostly home but gets occasional part-time work on the building site. "Big Sister"(for want of a better term) works as a stripper. "Mum" gets part time work in a clothing factory. "Grandma" just hangs around the house all day. The adopted (stolen) little children learn the skill of shoplifting from Dad.
Their antics are amusing but the genuine affection they have for each other is what wins you over. From the beginning when they take in a cold and hungry child you get to appreciate their values but you are also given another insight into how this "family" is made up.
This revelation is explored in greater detail in the last section of the film in a fascinating series of dialogues to the police and other authorities, leaving us with challenges and questions, not only for this family, but for what makes up any family, and for where it's values lie.
This is a contemporary Korean film about a bunch of folk sharing a disheveled hovel. They happily fill their fridge with shoplifted foods. The children don't go to school and the "Dad" is mostly home but gets occasional part-time work on the building site. "Big Sister"(for want of a better term) works as a stripper. "Mum" gets part time work in a clothing factory. "Grandma" just hangs around the house all day. The adopted (stolen) little children learn the skill of shoplifting from Dad.
Their antics are amusing but the genuine affection they have for each other is what wins you over. From the beginning when they take in a cold and hungry child you get to appreciate their values but you are also given another insight into how this "family" is made up.
This revelation is explored in greater detail in the last section of the film in a fascinating series of dialogues to the police and other authorities, leaving us with challenges and questions, not only for this family, but for what makes up any family, and for where it's values lie.
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