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Eli and Daniel, two Korean American brothers who own a struggling women's shoe store, have an unlikely friendship with 11-year-old Kamilla. On the first day of the 1992 L.A. riots, the trio must defend their store—and contemplate the meaning of family, their personal dreams and the future.
Release : | 2017 |
Rating : | 7 |
Studio : | Tunnel Post, Datari Turner Productions, Birthday Soup Films, |
Crew : | Production Design, Production Design, |
Cast : | Justin Chon David So Curtiss Cook Jr. Natalie Sutherland Isaiah Jarel |
Genre : | Drama |
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I wanted to but couldn't!
hyped garbage
what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
Worthy of more stars except the discrimination showcased in the movie was replicated in the making of this DVD as they failed to add subtitling for those needing hearing help and deaf viewers. Also important if dialogue is important as enunciation and dialect can hamper understanding. A re-enactment of the King riots in '92 LA except little or no rioting shown. The focus was on Korean store owners and how they interact with the black community; mostly distrust amongst all parties. A lot of four letter obscenities and frequent reference to getting "free s..t" i.e. stealing; not uncommon where there's poverty.
This movie Gook felt like some parts of it were unfinished. Being a huge fan of David So, I've followed this project since the beginning. The characters were all pretty solid. All of the actors in the movie felt like the roles were created just for them (In some cases like David So's they actually were!) Despite feeling like they took far too long to get to some points, the unexpected ending made up for it. I left the movie feeing like someone had kicked me in the heart.
Racial discrimination is a dark and sensitive topic. The movie is about the same faced by Korean origins living in states. A African American girl living in a shady neighborhood is emotionally attached to Korean friends and thinks of them as family. The girl's family are hostile against the Korean guys. The movie revolves around day today difficulties & racial abuse faced by them by different origin of Americans. The struggle of the Korean guys and black girl has been nicely portrayed. The ending of the movie is dark.
I have never went from loving a film to literally hating it overnight,the film GOOK is a well made piece of art that I actually really enjoyed,but upon during further research on the LA uprising I came across something really disturbing ,a little black 15 year old girl named Latasha Harlins. Learning about this little girl and how what happened to her was part of what was leading to the Uprisings, it gave me a new perspective On the film GOOK.