In my extensive lifetime I have watched over 30,000 films and this just slamdunked right into my top 10 films ever...according to myself.
South Korean cinema is an incredible abundance of talent from actors, actresses, directors, cameramen, lighting, special FX and much more. It needs to be to produce the immense amount of such incrediblely made films. If their was an International Film Oscar award every year then, you would see South Korea winning it just about every single year. America, China, Russia (whose film industry has made some amazing films in recent years, and is making huge steps in their professional output) - and some other up and coming asian countries - would win now and then...based upon the law of averages (as America no longer makes the really quality productions that they did at one time etc).
There are many reveiwers decribing this film totally wrong and may lead you to expect things that, quite honestly, you just won't see. There are no twists or sinister happenings! Its just a simple fantasy mystery story about children getting accidentally involved in a timefreeze singularity. Its magical, the actors are downright outstanding and your attention is never given the chance to wander from screen for one moment; you dare not as you may miss something! Its a kind of grown up childish imaginative fantasy that the author may have experienced as a child themselves and, just had to find some way of putting it into words...in the form of a story. You will have missed one of the best films ever made if you don't see this.
South Korean cinema is an incredible abundance of talent from actors, actresses, directors, cameramen, lighting, special FX and much more. It needs to be to produce the immense amount of such incrediblely made films. If their was an International Film Oscar award every year then, you would see South Korea winning it just about every single year. America, China, Russia (whose film industry has made some amazing films in recent years, and is making huge steps in their professional output) - and some other up and coming asian countries - would win now and then...based upon the law of averages (as America no longer makes the really quality productions that they did at one time etc).
There are many reveiwers decribing this film totally wrong and may lead you to expect things that, quite honestly, you just won't see. There are no twists or sinister happenings! Its just a simple fantasy mystery story about children getting accidentally involved in a timefreeze singularity. Its magical, the actors are downright outstanding and your attention is never given the chance to wander from screen for one moment; you dare not as you may miss something! Its a kind of grown up childish imaginative fantasy that the author may have experienced as a child themselves and, just had to find some way of putting it into words...in the form of a story. You will have missed one of the best films ever made if you don't see this.