Movie

Take Care of My Mom

2022 · 110 min

A quiet, aching family drama that builds slowly toward an honest, uncomfortable reckoning about aging and neglect.

Overview: When family members feel more like strangers than a hired caretaker, what is an aging parent to do? Mal-im, age 85 and living alone, finds her independent lifestyle increasingly difficult to maintain. Her son, faced with his own financial and family burdens, is simply unavailable, and Mal-im's discomfort is only worsened by the quirky but sincere caretaker he sends. When the Seollal (Lunar New Year) holiday brings the family together, tensions finally explode out into the open.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, warm and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, aging, isolation, parenthood
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
aging
isolation
parenthood
guilt
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none