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Set Me Free korean movie review
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Set Me Free
16 people found this review helpful
by zeamays
Sep 19, 2015
Completed 1
Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
I don't quite know what to say about this movie. I did not think that this movie would be so affecting, but at some point, I realized I was crying and didn't stop for a long while. Choi Woo Shik is very, very good as Young Jae. As far as plot goes, there's not a lot to it. Young Jae has a very unstable home life, and consequently, lives in a group home that's kind of a Catholic orphanage/halfway house headed by pseudo-parents. He does his best to keep in their good graces so he can stay there. He goes to mass, he sings in the choir, he wants to be a priest, and so he has to spend even more time at church and with his tutor. However, all these things aren't enough. His position is never secure at "home". So he reacts to the uncertainty by devising some not-so-priestly backup plans. The way I see it, the uncertainty eats away at him, eventually turning into desperation, and that's when he reaches a breaking point. Everything in his life is in such a precarious balance, and he fights so hard to keep it there. But nothing he does is ever enough. I think I'm probably not making a lot of sense, but if you like a good character piece, check it out. It's very well done, if this is the sort of thing you enjoy. The music is minimal, but very effective, the cast is solid, and I would totally watch it again, sometime when I won't mind being an emotional wreck. :)
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