Overrated and overhyped

Memorable, crazy movie

Good start, but then it gets ruined

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

The theme of this movie is obvious--the clash of the spoiled grandson and the patient, long-suffering grandmother. The trouble comes because both characters are taken to such extremes that it is difficult to empathize with either of them! The kid is miserable. Before the movie was half over, I WANTED him to go over a cliff or for the Crazy Cow to gore him, and leave the earth a more harmonious place. He's demanding, spoiled, a crybaby, AND a sissy. He never seems to learn much of anything, except to keep asking for more. I began to wonder if Mom had abandoned him (I would not have blamed her).The grandmother takes all of his abuse, and never shows any sign that any of it is misplaced or cruel or just plain rude. After a while, one begins to lose respect for her; is she so desperate to win the approval of this wretch? One of the reasons why I am a great fan of Asian movies is the scarcity of the Obnoxious Child. American movies are full of them--mouthy monsters who Know Everything and respect no one, just like the beastly child in this movie.

With his mother forced to go out and find work, Seven-year-old spoilt brat Sang-woo is taken to go and live with his grandmother out at some remote village. His grandmother is mute, she's crippled by old age and years of hard graft, Sang-woo is therefore thrust into a world that he just can't comprehend. No Kentucky chicken or the niceties he is used to getting at the shriek of his voice, he is most certainly a fish out of water in the extreme.Jibeuro is as simple as it gets, but that's the films strength, working on very little dialogue and confining itself to barely a handful of characters, its point is made thru a series of wonderful situations between Sang-woo and his grandmother. The first half of the piece literally had me wanting to throttle Sang-woo, he's actually a villain with very few redeeming features, but as things roll on the film engrosses with its subject without ever being heavy handed. Not trite or sickly, Jibeuro knows what it's about and gets in does its job without fanfares or bunting.The performances are great and the score from Dae-hong Kim & Yang-hee Kim is just delightful, Jeong-hyang Lee directs with simplicity of ease and Hong-shik Yoon's cinematography frames the remoteness with pleasing on the eye ease. It's a film that was a monster hit with Korean's back on its release, it's not hard to see why because it's a simply lovely piece of work, so give it a go and take in its message. 8/10

Many Western people see little in this movie. It seems rather difficult because most Asians always respect the elderly. People Heavily-influenced by Westerners do not. Sure they are appreciated from time to time but just seeing how one from the city, especially a child, show much disrespect to his own grandmother is horrid to the eyes of an Oriental. 'The Way Home' is a true to life, accurate example of the forever changing society of many major cities in Asia. Though we must move on, I am shocked to witness how respect is not taught by neglectful yet hardworking parents, as we see in the personality of Sang-Woo and his mom.This dramatic movie should be very inspiring to those who have an open-mind. It is rather a waste of time to stubborn people who cannot fully recognize the significant theme of family values and respect; parents and grandparents always have unconditional love for their children and children, no matter what. In any case. Sang-Woo's grandmother tolerated every insulted he had bellowed. She did not force her grandson to do the work he should of assisted in (in example, caring the water or help sell goods at the market.) And also, his grandmother tried everything to make her grandson happy, be it to cut his hair to what she believed to be his pleasing or cook him chicken which she did not understand fast food or even please him by giving him a gummy worm.Sang-Woo does not see it until he had to leave. His grandmother truly cared about him. He realized all the sacrifice the woman gave to him.This movie personally touched my heart as well as the rest of my family. It left me in heavy tears as I came to realize how I and many others in the world can relate partially or even wholly to Sang-Woo and his character in the first portion of the movie. I cannot sometimes bear the fact. It is just so sad with the fact that some could never end it as Sang-Woo did with his own grandmother. As they ended it nicely and in peace some never seized the day and they lose what they could have realized was a close, loving relative.

I loved this I love this movie so much it made my heart cry it made my soul weep it reminded me of my brattyness and my grandmother back in Korea as well thank you director and producer of making this amazing film it was a great movie I give it four stars it beats any bad US movie any day DAE HAN MIN GOOK! Now Korea is just an amazing place great scenery, stuff, other stuff, and yeah. I need to keep typing because I need to fill at least ten lines. So everybody please say this comment is a good comment and vote ten out of ten OK people? Thank you for your concern and reading this comment. That is all for now I think. Wait, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven. Yes!! I have enough lines.