Artist Mother
The best murder mystery stories start small and build out, becoming more about the community where the crime took place, as well as the changing character of the detectives who look deep into the hearts of killers. In that sense, Mother, the latest from The Host director Bong Joon-ho, is a superior murder mystery. It starts with an almost pathetic crime—a mildly retarded adult accused of killing a promiscuous teenage girl—and eventually expands to take the measure of the small South Korean town where the murder took place, and of the woman (a remarkable Kim Hye-ja) who sifts through clues in order to learn the truth.
Updated 09/30/2009
