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My First Client
어린 의뢰인
2019 114 min South Korea 12+
★7.4
Drama
Director: Kyu-sung Jang
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Description
A success-hungry lawyer finds himself unable to turn his back on a suspicious case involving a child who claims she murdered her brother.
Starring
Lee Dong-hwi
Actor
Seon Yu
Actor
Choi Myung-bin
Actor
Key opinion
My First Client is an emotionally harrowing drama that uses a tragic, true-event inspired story to highlight systemic failures in child protection. While the performances of the child actors are widely praised for their intensity, critics are divided over whether the film serves as a powerful social critique or a manipulative exercise in melodrama.
| Acting | Standout performances from the child actors anchor the film's intense, harrowing depiction of domestic abuse. | |
| Theme | The film succeeds in shedding light on the critical, under-addressed social issue of public apathy regarding child neglect. | |
| Screenplay | The narrative structure feels forced and schematic, relying on absurd coincidences and logical gaps to engineer a tragic outcome. | |
| Pacing | The film's transition from lighter tones to an intense, tear-jerking courtroom thriller is viewed by some as effective emotional pacing, while others see it as manipulative, didactic agitprop. |