Broker

This movie has not gotten the appreciation it deserves. It is a movie that opens hearts about the difficult situation faced by a mother who abandons her baby and the two brokers who try to make money from placing him with wealthy parents who don't want to use legal adoption methods. These people turn out not to be hardened criminals, but people who actually care about the baby and each other. The movie is bittersweet: it has funny moments and is not a tragedy. It's a great story about humanity in a country far from the US - it gave me insight that I will keep about these Korean characters.

Abandoned children, survival, found family are themes Kore-eda loves to explore, he goes back to them time and time again. Adults almost felt like grown up versions of his earlier characters which gave me a familiar feeling. Movie takes you in very slowly, in the end you just love these characters and as always Kore-eda makes you root so hard for them.

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Good story, good Korean movie

I think Broker works in its smaller moments, but I was a bit unmoved by the movie's grander gestures. Hirokazu Kore-eda doesn't strive too much to hit on new themes of makeshift families and the innate desire for human connection, and he's achieved this to a much finer extent in previous movies. Full review: https://cinephilecorner.com/reviews/broker-movie-2022/

A workable melodrama, likely because the movie is so character focused. It even finds a way to effectively sell the murder mystery subplot.

It gets quite good in its second half. There is some nice sentimentality paired with music, acting, and cinematography, and a very good message. But they could have cut 30 minutes from the film. The beginning was very slow. The tone was also slightly jarring for the subject matter.

Very nicely shot sugar porn for bourjois film critics. Everyone is so really pretty, or uncle-ey and vulnerable. In real life I wonder where you could find a dreamy orphan turned child trafficker (and his paternal colleague), a cynical police auntie with a heart of gold, an impossibly pretty under-age prostitute wanted for murder, and a charmingly naughty affectionate young orphan (all) without any rough edges. They all look, talk, and think like they have been plucked out of a saccharine soap opera. You can like the movie and get attached to the characters because they are pretty (and there is a cute baby), but you'd be kidding yourself if you think that there is much else going on.

I cannot understand reviewers. It's worst movie that made by koreada. Main characters are murder and making crime they are not good people

The plotline about the criminal gang could have been better written and presented. It felt a little lazy. But other than that it's pretty good. Charming, funny and heartbreaking all at once. With a pretty good cast, a solid main plot and script it knows how to pull on your heartstrings. The characters and their chemistry to each other is well crafted. The movie's shot mostly from generic stationary angles and it uses long shots that are not much edited. There is not a lot music but some mellow tunes. It focuses more on the characters and script. That being said, the cinematography, editing and score may not be outstanding because they aren't always being used to enhance the narrative... but that's exactly why the movie has a such a grounded and realistic feel to it instead of being artistically theatrical. I think that was important since it's about nothing but a bunch of people and their experiences together on this trip. That alone can be deep enough to create something appreciable and meaningful.