If an above-average movie is released during these early months of the year, chances are that it's either a foreign film or a huge American surprise. THE HOUSEMAID happens to be the former, although there's definitely an element of surprise involved here, too, because what looks like a steamy, soft-core porn-ish foreign film (just look at the poster) turns out to be an uncommonly interesting explo... read more
Description:A favorite at this year's Cannes, Toronto and Fantastic Fest film festivals, THE HOUSEMAID is a stylish, sexy thriller about an innocent young woman caught in the twisted web of a rich family's games. Eun-yi (Cannes Best Actress winner Jeon Do-youn of SECRET SUNSHINE) is hired as a nanny in an lavish mansion by businessman Hoon (Lee JA favorite at this year's Cannes, Toronto and Fantastic Fest film festivals, THE HOUSEMAID is a stylish, sexy thriller about an innocent young woman caught in the twisted web of a rich family's games. Eun-yi (Cannes Best Actress winner Jeon Do-youn of SECRET SUNSHINE) is hired as a nanny in an lavish mansion by businessman Hoon (Lee Jung-jae) and his very pregnant wife, Hae-ra (Seo Woo). When Eun-yi is seduced by the father of the house, she becomes the unwitting victim in a series of traps laid by the women of the house-Hae-ra, her villainous mother (Park Ji-young), and their seemingly loyal but increasingly bitter housekeeper (Yun Yeo-jong). Intensely erotic and fiendishly entertaining, THE HOUSEMAID builds to an unforgettable climax as Eun-yi must outwit them and escape their schemes to protect her sanity-and her life-from the vicious family.... (more)(less)
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A man's affair with his family's housemaid leads to a dark consequences.
Even with some good reviews and a nomination at the Cannes, I almost put off watching this film for fear that it was yet another over hyped 'erotic thriller'.
So, just to be clear... this is *not* an 'erotic thriller. What may start as erotic quickly turns to tension and terror. I was horrified by the actions in the household and glued to film. I was never quite sure how the characters would react or what actions they mi"
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"What looks like foreign soft-core porn turns out to be an above-average, surprisingly interesting dramatic exploration of infidelity and of rifts between social classes.
Full review: http://www.listal.com/viewentry/904096
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“If an above-average movie is released during these early months of the year, chances are that it's either a foreign film or a huge American surprise. THE HOUSEMAID happens to be the former, although there's definitely an element of surprise involved here, too, because what looks like a steamy, soft-core porn-ish foreign film (just look at the poster) turns out to be an uncommonly interesting exploration of social classes and of the manipulation by those who are economically powerful over those who are more disadvantaged. At one point during THE HOUSEMAID, one character says of another "He's had everything he's ever wanted. He doesn't even know what the concept of NOT being able to get something is." THE HOUSEMAID explores that cold and detached mindset of upper-class people who cold-hearte” read more
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2012.Movie.Journal
Dear Cinema Diary - Vol 3 E4 - April 2012
Films from Asia
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