Superb black comedy thriller about a family of Korean hucksters who worm their way into a house of richies and find that there's more than they expected. It's a work of rich characterisation and logical progression. One of the best looks at the class system in Korea - actually make that most countries. I wasn't familiar with any of the actors but they were all fantastic - the dad with a brooding sense of injustice, the laughing mother, the quick witter daughter, the son who kicks it off, the housekeeper, the rich man and his nutty wife and kids. Each scene progresses the action logically. (It was maybe a stretch they let in the housekeeper.. maybe better that she broke in).
The themes are universal - gap between rich and poor, families struggling to make do. It's wonderful.
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