The Housemaid

Movie: The Housemaid

Genre: Drama

Subtitled

Synopsis: This South Korean movie centers on Eun-yi (Do-yeon Jeon) a young housemaid/nanny.  Hoon (Jung-Jae Lee) is a very wealthy businessman.  Haera (See Woo), is Hoon’s wife.  They have one young daughter – and she is pregnant with twins.  Eun-yi is hired as a maid and to be a nanny to their daughter.  Hoon and Haera seem to be very happy and come across as extremely nice.  When Haera does not sexually satisfy Hoon, he shows up in Eun-yi’s bedroom to seek satisfaction.  Then things start getting complicated.  When Haera’s conniving mother enters the picture, things take a very dark turn and we see just how twisted this family is beneath the surface.

My two cents: An interesting movie.  I had a hard time believing a girl would be as subservient as Eun-yi – but that might just be a cultural difference.  I thought the revenge sought by Eun-yi could have been better done also, although I guess it could have been considered to be killing two birds with one stone.  Although I enjoyed the movie, I don’t know if most people would think it worth the effort to keep up with the subtitles.  Speaking of subtitles . . . this was one of those subtitled movies where it seemed that every few minutes the white subtitles would disappear against the white backdrop of the movie – very annoying.

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