Release date: March 2007
The Shims – mom, dad, sister,
brother, and one aunt – are not a normal family, in fact, they are all pretty
quirky. The film follows each of them through a number of misadventures. The
brother’s attempt at suicide, the sister being punish for asking questions in
class, the frustrated-writer aunt’s break-up with her boyfriend, the mother’s
romantic liaison with a much younger man, the father’s contretemps with a high-school
student in a hotel room which ends up broadcast live over the internet—these
are just the beginnings of their misadventures. This seems like a family about
to self-destruct but the final straw—the family mutt’s pursuit of a neighbor’s pure-bred
poodle—will unleash chaos and bring the family together.
A very quirky film but totally
engaging from beginning to end. The director has a deft touch with comedy and
the cinematography is sometimes spectacular, sometimes, well, quirky, but
always extremely well done. In its own fun way, the movie had a powerful
message: life can send us lemons, if folks close to each other can come
together and help each other, they can enjoy the lemonade. The happy ending in
this film was hard won, not in any way saccharine sweet.
My take: 5 stars!
On a scorchingly hot evening, family
members
(Hwang Bo-ra, Yoo Ah-in, Kim
Hye-soo) relax down by the
creek with their dog, just before
chaos breaks loose.
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