Movie

The Ugly

2025 · 102 min

A somber, slow-burning mystery that burrows into family secrets and societal cruelty, leaving a lingering ache.

Tagline: The barefaced truth comes out.
Overview: One day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, guilt, betrayal, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 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
guilt
betrayal
identity
morality
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild