Pharisee (2015)

A slow breakdown of all the resistances.

Generally, these kinds of psychological-sexual (Here it's more like philosophical) shows always feel shallow and simple at first but the more you think about it or re-watch the show the more it gets complex and you can relate yourself more. This movie is exactly like that, feeling simple at first glance but it was deeper than you imagined.

The movie was focused on the main character Seung Ki who has been very much religious since his childhood. For me, it felt like it wasn't his self-decision but he was just following his family's footsteps and thinking that it was his own choice.

Throughout the movie, Seung ki faces many kinds of situations which lead to a surge of sexual desire in him but he always tries his best to distract himself. In the end, he can't hold himself down and does something that he shouldn't have done.

In the last part of the movie, the breakdown of Seung Ki gave me goosebumps. To see a calm, shy, and religious character scream, cry and harm others and himself was heart-aching. Kudos to Ye Hak Young for his dynamic acting throughout those scenes. Even all other actors/actress have played well their characters.

Apart from Seung ki's character, there was not much story to other characters except Eun ji with her past trauma.

Talking about sexual scenes there is one at the beginning of the movie for a few seconds and one full intercourse scene nearly the middle of the movie which is pretty satisfying for someone's first time.

I am not that much of a music analyst but I will say there was not much music throughout the show and the ones which played through important scenes are average.

The synopsis says that his father is strict, but in the movie, his father got very little screen time. Even so, you can tell that he is strict in his way of behaving and talking. Having passionate love with a mysterious woman in his dream was the result of his suppressing sexual desires which was shown once in the movie. (And another time, when he was remembering that dream.) And about being provoked by Eun Ji was kind of true but not by Soo Jung though.

A little about the poster - When I first watched the poster I thought the movie focuses more on the female lead (Eun Ji) and a little less on the male lead but it was the opposite when I watched the movie. In my opinion, the poster is either for fan service or it portrays how most of the time the male lead thinks about intimate things and very less about himself.

I don't want to write more, for avoiding any spoilers. So my conclusion is that the movie was average. Though it may feel more than average to some viewers. Anyone (18+ though) can watch it if they want to, after reading this review or synopsis. The average 6.4 rating by 9 people (While I am writing the review) is the perfect rating for this movie. Though I kind of wanted the movie to be a little longer while showing more about the female leads. I guess they didn't focus on those aspects as they wanted to deliver another message through Seung Ki to the viewers.

(Note - It's my first reviewing a show and English is not my first language. Also, there were no subtitles available for this movie so I had to use an auto subtitle generator to watch this show and the subtitles weren't much accurate.)

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