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A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.
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| Portland MercuryAndrew WrightKi-duk's having his cake, and chewing it with his mouth open, too. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoPieta is one of Kim’s most complex and mature efforts, melding violence and humor into dark entertainment. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaFrágil como manifestação política, mas suficientemente eficiente como drama para impressionar o espectador. |
| Film Comment MagazineMax KyburzSucceeds in repulsing and enlightening viewers simultaneously, even if its views on self-sacrifice and redemption are cynical. |
| Times-PicayuneMike ScottIt's not a film for everyone. Those who see it, however, will have trouble forgetting it. |
| Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.comCary DarlingThe film's big reveal may not come as that much of a surprise; you may figure out where it's going well before the end. But it's the getting there that is, if not exactly fun, then certainly hypnotic. |
| Globe and MailRick GroenFascination returns at the stirring climax, when the plot neatly twists and the film's apparently simple message turns deeper, and blacker. |
| Toronto StarPeter HowellA mother's love for her child takes on brutal new meaning in Pieta, a film by Kim Ki-duk that's as hard to watch as it is to forget. |
| MoviedexTom CliftPossesses a sad, quiet power. Kim's film isn't as a cool as those made by his compatriots. But it is, in its own way, just as memorable. |
| JoBlo's Movie EmporiumJimmyO...as a character study and even as a thriller, PIETA creates an uneasy sense of dread heightened by the two terrific leads. |