ReviewNumber One movie review: Parasite stars reunite for a peculiar food-themed family drama
Choi Woo-sik and Jang Hye-jin star as a pampered son and his doting mother who always cooks for him until tragedy strikes their family
2.5/5 stars
This peculiar drama by Kim Tae-yong (Set Me Free) casts them once again as mother and son, putting their unshakeable bond to the ultimate test. The real highlight here, however, is the mouth-watering array of regional culinary delights that sustains their relationship.
Food often serves as a love language between family members, and nowhere is that more apparent than between Eun-sil (Jang) and her pampered boys. Growing up in Busan, Ha-min (Choi) was raised on a robust diet of beef and radish soup and other local dishes served up by his prematurely widowed mother.
Everything changes the day his elder brother (Jang Yeon-woo) is killed in a car accident at the age of 18. Inexplicably, Ha-min blames his mother for the tragedy.
Thereafter, whenever he eats her food, numbers appear in front of him, counting down from 365 with every meal. Ha-min becomes convinced that this bizarre phenomenon, visible only to him, is a countdown to his mother’s death. He feels he has no choice but to stop eating her food, move to Seoul and sever ties completely.