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Beasts That Cling to the Straw

2020

Kim Yong-hoon

Jeon Do-yeon, Jung Woo-sung, Kim Jun-han, Jeong Man-shik ...

6.4

1,716

Thriller Having gone bankrupt, Joong-Man is forced to move back in with his mother, who has Alzheimer’s. He finds the bag full of money in a locker at a public baths, and sees it as the solution to all his (financial) problems. Customs official Tae-Young is also urgently in search of money, as his girlfriend has run off with the capital he borrowed from a shady moneylender. Mi-Ran has lost a fortune on the stock market and is now working as a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Neil Young The Hollywood Reporter	"'Beasts Clawing At Straws' demands attention and patience, but thus happily ends up amply rewarding both."	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"This almost Coen-sian tale of ordinary folks undone by greed is a lot smarter than than its occasionally crude execution would have you believe."	POS
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"While attractive, the widescreen visuals lack a sense of individuality. Luckily the actors have enough verve to carry it through to the enjoyably open-ended finale."	POS
Canada	Martin Kudlac Screen Anarchy	"A smooth and stylish first outing for Kim Yong-hoon, the involvement of experienced actors being a huge help"	POS
United Kingdom	Leslie Felperin The Guardian	Some of the plot’s manoeuvres are perhaps not as clever as the film-makers seem to think they are (...) But the performances are rich and perfectly pitched (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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