In 1945, Japan is defeated in its war of aggression against China. During a panic retreat, a baby boy is abandoned, but is adopted and grows up to become and eminent monk. Thirty years later, he visits China and meets his real mother who is now elderly and weak.
The accountant in question is Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck), who’s neurodivergent. We know this because at a dating event, he bores women with tax advice. He also places his breakfast foods in neat stacks and has no friends.
"Thunder Road" presents the grief that comes from a family member taking their own life.
In The Novelist's Film, Hong explores the meaningful things people share and inspire by virtue of simply engaging with one another.
For viewers who love eating burgers, shakes and fries on the go along with a tasty side of nostalgia.
'The Patient' is bound by four walls and a mediocre ending that leaves you wanting more.
Its predictability shouldn’t distract from the enjoyment that the pure cinematic imagination behind the camera elicits. It is a movie of crises both moral and mortal, oozing with CGI, and thoroughly enjoyable.
