A Normal Family

At its core A Normal Family questions parenting, society, justice while also asserting that normalcy is nothing more than an anomaly when it comes to families.

Hur’s multilayered film considers the cracks in the foundation of both families and how easily we can compromise our supposed ethics when it comes to our families make this a piercing and powerful film that doesn’t let any of its characters off the hook.

There’s nothing black-and-white about the moral space this family occupies. It’s in this messiness where “A Normal Family” thrives.

An unpredictable ride, right up to the film’s abrupt but poetically thought-provoking smash ending.

Neither Hur nor his actors provide any reason to care what happens to these entitled zombies and their awful offspring.

If you do not like subtitles but may be willing to give a foreign movie a chance, start with this one, and you will not be disappointed. South Korean filmmakers are the best, and this movie proves that rule.

What began as a gripping examination quickly turns out to be a tiresome venture with so many wasted promises of a more enthralling analysis.

Riveting and tension-filled, A Normal Family is a twisty drama that adds excellent cinematic layers to this superior adaptation of The Dinner book. The movie has absorbing performances in showing how family members react to their children's crimes.

In streamlining the novel’s structure, Hur ends up taking a considerable amount of time to illuminate its central drama

A spellbinding, taut and provocative crime thriller.