The Quiet Family
1998 ‘Choyonghan kajok’ Directed by Kim Jee-Woon
Synopsis
A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation.
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Is there anything this man can't do? After having seen most of Kim Ji-woon's diverse catalog which includes the gorgeous chiller A Tale of Two Sisters and the fun western The Good, the Bad, the Weird, I figured it was about time to check out his feature film debut, the pitch-black comedy that is The Quiet Family.
To say this movie is funny would be an understatement. It's downright hilarious with laughs becoming more and more frequent as the bodies pile up. The Kang family is full of fun, interesting characters from the wise-cracking mother Soon-ryae (played by Na Moon-Hee) to the protecting but simple-minded older brother Young-min (played by Song Kang-ho in one of his earlier roles). As the…
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Surprising debut for Kim Ji-woon, pure black humour.
Although some exception, shows the talent of one of the most interesting directors in Asia today.
It´s like a extendend joke about "the Billy Batts situation" from Goodfellas. -
This is the directorial debut of Kim Ji-woon who has since gone on to make some of the best Korean movies around, The Good The Bad and The Weird, Tale of Two Sisters and A Bittersweet Life. A really solid body of work. The Quiet Family is also one of the first featuring the brilliant Song Kang-ho (Thirst, Memories of Murder). This tells the tale of a dysfunctional family who buy a hotel on a remote mountain, and sit back and wait for the guests to arrive, and wait, and wait. Finally a lone traveller checks into the hotel and immedaitely commits suicide. Unable to find the guests wallet, the family assume he has been murdered (perhaps by one of…
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A comedy-horror that had me in tears on more than one occasion. Great cast and great charm. Must-try for fans of both comedy and horror.
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Is there anything this man can't do? After having seen most of Kim Ji-woon's diverse catalog which includes the gorgeous chiller A Tale of Two Sisters and the fun western The Good, the Bad, the Weird, I figured it was about time to check out his feature film debut, the pitch-black comedy that is The Quiet Family.
To say this movie is funny would be an understatement. It's downright hilarious with laughs becoming more and more frequent as the bodies pile up. The Kang family is full of fun, interesting characters from the wise-cracking mother Soon-ryae (played by Na Moon-Hee) to the protecting but simple-minded older brother Young-min (played by Song Kang-ho in one of his earlier roles). As the…
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Hilarious black comedy from the man who later on in his career would step into much darker territory. Enjoyed a much more innocent Min-sik Choi as well. Kang-ho Song is a bit unpolished still in this.
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Surprising debut for Kim Ji-woon, pure black humour.
Although some exception, shows the talent of one of the most interesting directors in Asia today.
It´s like a extendend joke about "the Billy Batts situation" from Goodfellas. -
This is the directorial debut of Kim Ji-woon who has since gone on to make some of the best Korean movies around, The Good The Bad and The Weird, Tale of Two Sisters and A Bittersweet Life. A really solid body of work. The Quiet Family is also one of the first featuring the brilliant Song Kang-ho (Thirst, Memories of Murder). This tells the tale of a dysfunctional family who buy a hotel on a remote mountain, and sit back and wait for the guests to arrive, and wait, and wait. Finally a lone traveller checks into the hotel and immedaitely commits suicide. Unable to find the guests wallet, the family assume he has been murdered (perhaps by one of…
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Great, albeit grim, Korean farce