A sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime and in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class.
Slow-moving but also deeply moving and satisfying.
Well-crafted and compelling, if a little inaccessible to western audiences...
Devoid of the ultra-violence so often associated with Korean cinema, Poetry is quiet and unhurried, making its portrait of social bleakness all the more impactful.
From Alzheimer’s, rape and suicide, Lee has created real poetry.
In its sharp, understated fashion, Poetry offers a memorable answer: cinema, dying or not, must aspire to a condition of grace and of humanity.
She is making sense of her life: that is the "poetry" which is taking place, minute by minute, scene by scene.
What sane person...couldn't like this pellucid, extraordinary film?
It is a beautifully acted, deeply moving tale that brings a lump to the throat.
A fascinating, satisfying film with a remarkable central performance.
This flawlessly constructed, bitingly intelligent film really does find poetry in the everyday – but a poetry as savage as it is contemplative.
Simple, moving, but multi-layered, one to stay in the memory.
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