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I love this movie so much

Crappy film

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

A lot of good reviews are written here about the film "Poetry" which really is a poetry of a film. I would really recommend it if you can stand a film which isn't fast moving all the time. Maybe it's a little bit too long, but perhaps it has to be to fulfill the meaning of poetry.The film gives a great look upon the South Korean society in many aspects, which is great in itself.But I'd like to give my biggest applaud to leading lady Jeong-hie Yun. she plays a 66 year old woman With the early sign of Alzheimer's's disease, discovering that her grandson has been part of a hideous crime of which most try to cover up.Her play is amazing, and though this film has won prizes a lot of Places, this film would't be half the film if it wasn't for the amazing play of Jeong-hie Yun. She's so wise, yet charming, and reacts so natural to the difficult situations she is facing during this film.Watching such work on film makes me bow in awe!

Not a lot of people probably have saw Shi(aka Poetry), due to its limited opening in theaters and the fact that the movie is in Korean. Those who did see the film probably have the same feeling like me: it's a beautiful influential film. I think the movie title can be a bit misleading, just as much as the trailer. While, it's does have an elderly woman name Yang Mija (Yun Jung-hee) struggles with new vocabulary and the challenges of the creative process trying to write one poem while struggling Alzheimer's disease. It's Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival's story is mostly about something else. This South Korean film written and directed by Lee Chang-dong is mostly about the elderly woman having to deal with her grandson's Jong Wook (Da-wit Lee) actions. She discover that her grandson along with his five male friends might have over a period of six months, repeatedly raped a girl, at their school. The victim left a diary at home before committing suicide by tossing herself off a bridge into a river. The movie opens up with the powerful image of children playing near the river, only to find that a lifeless body is floating in the water with little to no soundtrack. The diary is discovered and in order to avert a full police investigation, the parents of the boys offer to pay a settlement to the family affected. The film deals with the fact that Mija must chose to expose the crime or hide it from the public. Only by using poetry, does she find her answer to that question. Lee wrote the lead character specifically for Yoon Jeong-hee, a major star of Korean cinema from the 1960s and 1970s. Yoon Jeong-hee is perfect in the role despite the fact that she hasn't act in a film in 16 years. There was some many sub-plots that it can be overwhelming. Examples are Mija having to deal with the behavior of the elderly stroke victim M. Kang (Hira Kim), for whom she cleans and cares a couple of times a week and her having poverty problems to make the amount for the settlement that her grandson friend's father (Nae-sang Ahn) is asking. At less, in the end, it all connects in a powerful ending with "Agnes' Song" poem by the protagonist. I cried to tears when watched Poetry ant the very end, when the old lady reads her first poem. "An extraordinary vision of human empathy" Indeed, empathy should be the name of this film however I believe the poet must have empathy, sensibility, compassion and understanding about every little think, something most do not have and we need to learn it, like the old lady did. The director leaves a lot of loose ends in the end of the film, letting the viewer form his or her own interpretation of what happened and what it means. The film is beautifully shot, with some great cinematography. The scene with Mija looking at the bridge that the girl jump off is very commanding and get you emotional into the film. The idea for the film had its origin in a true event where a small town schoolgirl had been raped by a gang of teenage boys. Some of the faults of the film might be its slow pace. A little on the long side at 2 hours and 20 minutes. I think if they had cut about 10-15 minutes from this movie, it would have worked much better. There are a lot of scenes with little to no dialogue. It's really does seem like an unrated International Art House film with a lot of poetry reading scenes that has nothing to do with the main plot. I think those scenes were used just to lecture people how poetry should be people's life more. I think humanity would be in such a better place if we, alongside the sciences, also learned poetry as a fundamental part of our education. Not just reading poetry, but writing it, living it, and being completely free in it. Very inspiring part of the film, but not really needed. Overall: Extraordinary film, totally took me by surprise. Sadly it didn't win or wasn't nominated for Best Foreign film for the Academy Award. In my opinion, I think it's the best foreign film of 2010. It really deserves a Oscar win that year. Although not for everyone, those who enjoy cinematic experiences can definitely be taken away by this movie. The acting was beautiful and it was heartbreaking and touching at the same time. One of the best films of the year.

What a contrast to the average Hollywood product which highlights guns afire, frantic car chases and exploding buildings--noise and action aplenty: this subtle and enticing tale of self-realization is the antithesis of the action film, although within the first few minutes of the film, in the midst of children playing near a river, a body floats by and sets an odd tone for the remainder of the film. A grandmother who learns she has an incurable illness and who discovers her grandson is not merely a disaffected teen who cannot clean up after himself--but something worse-- the woman inexplicably enrolls in a poetry class and for the next two hours we are taken along her journey in a most leisurely fashion, a film with powerful cinematography and at last, a puzzling, thoughtful conclusion: if you want easy entertainment with pat answers, this is not your film. If you enjoy an immersion in another culture from another point of view, this might be a great treat for you--it was for me

As this film opens we see a group of children playing by a river; then the body of a young girl floats into view... one could be excused for expecting a mystery at this point but that isn't what this film is about. We soon learn that the girl is named Agnes and she drowned herself; her dairy made it clear that the reason she killed her self is that she had been repeatedly raped by six boys at her school... the film follows the story of one of the boy's grandmothers; sixty six year old Mija who is suffering the early stage of Alzheimer's. Before we learn of her grandson, Wook's, involvement Mija learns that a girl in his year has killed herself; he appears indifferent and claims not to have known her. It is only later when the father of one of the other boys tells her crime that we learn what happened; there is no mystery as to whether it did happen as the boys all admit it. The only question is what will happen next; the school doesn't want the negative publicity and the other boy's fathers want to protect their children's futures; to this end they propose paying Agnes mother five million Won (~US$4.400) each so that she won't press charges. Mija doesn't have that sort of money but finds herself pressured to get it.While this is going on she has started attending a poetry class and even though she can't find inspiration herself she also attends local poetry readings. She starts noting down her thoughts on little things such as the taste of a fallen apricot or the colours of some flowers; all the while though she can't stop thinking about Agnes and ultimately she provides the inspiration for her poem.This film is quite different from any other I can think of; we are often shown crimes from the viewpoint of the police, the victim's family and even the criminal but here it is from the viewpoint of a perpetrator's grandmother; a good woman who clearly doesn't know what she should do; her grandson is clearly unpleasant but from what the father's say his victim's mother needs the money more than she needs to see the guilty jailed. Jeong-hie Yun is a delight as Mija; it was refreshing to see a woman her age in the leading role. Director Chang-dong Lee takes things slowly, which might put off some viewers, I found it just served to draw me into the story more thoroughly. Not speaking Korean I can't comment of the beauty of the poetry, a subtitled translation can't be a substitute; however I can comment on the visual beauty of those scenes where Mija left her town and headed out into the countryside where Agnes lived and died; it was beautiful without being overly dramatic. There is ugliness too of course; we have to wonder how the school and the fathers could countenance such a crime. This might not be a typical film but I'd certainly recommend seeing it if you get the chance.