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The Taste of Money
돈의 맛
2012 115 min South Korea 16+
★5.8
Drama
Director: Im Sang-soo
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Description
The assistant of a wealthy socialite reveals her husband's salacious affair. The fallout entangles him in a web of sex, love and deceit that could threaten his life and career.
Starring
Kim Kang-woo
Actor
Baek Yoon-shik
Actor
Youn Yuh-jung
Actor
Awards
Cannes Film Festival 2012
— Palme d'Or
Key opinion
The Taste of Money is widely regarded as a lifeless and derivative work that fails to replicate the compelling intensity of the director's previous films. While some appreciate the stark visual aesthetic, the consensus is that the film is hampered by a banal screenplay and a static, monotonous narrative.
| Cinematography | The film features high-quality, polished cinematography that stands out as its most technically accomplished element. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is widely criticized for being hollow, formulaic, and lacking the depth required to make its power-struggle narrative engaging. | |
| Direction | The direction fails to imbue the material with life, resulting in a static and emotionally detached experience for the viewer. | |
| Runtime | The film's pacing is tedious, as the two-hour runtime feels unnecessarily long given the lack of narrative momentum. | |
| Emotion | Viewers are split on the film's tone: some find it a heavy, psychologically intense study of ambition, while others dismiss the atmospheric choices as pretentious and lifeless. |