Synopsis
Hae-ra and her husband, Hoon, hire Eun-yi to look after their daughter. When Hoon gets Eun-yi pregnant, Hae-ra tries to kill the child. Soon, Eun-yi decides to seek revenge for the betrayal.
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Cast
- Jeon Do-yeonEun-yi
- Lee Jung-jaeHoon
- Seo WooHae-ra
- Youn Yuh-jungByeong-sik
- Park Ji-youngHae-ra's Mother
- Ahn Seo-hyunNami
- Hwang Jeong-minEun-yi's Friend
- Moon So-riObstetrician
- Chae Tae-backHerbal Medicine Shop Doctor (uncredited)
- Chun Sin-hwanChief Secretary (uncredited)
Recommendations
- 80
Movieline
This is a household in which the rules are very formal, and they're matched by the formality of the filmmaking. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
The class warfare in The Housemade feels dated, but there's something nicely kinky in this lusciously photographed erotic Korean thriller by Im Sang-soo. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The outcome is a flamingly sexy soap opera whose satire on high society is sometimes as savage as Claude Chabrol's "La ceremonie." - 70
The New York Times
An admiring, clever remake of Kim Ki-young's legendary film of the same title from 1960, this version, directed by Im Sang-soo, is at once more explicit than the original and less kinky. - 67
The A.V. Club
Though impeccably photographed and acted, The Housemaid begins to feel stifling and airless once Im's thesis about the abuses of the powerful starts to drive the film to a foregone conclusion. - 60
Time Out
The major change is that the domestic, Eun-yi (the great Jeon, star of "Secret Sunshine"), is now more of a victim than an aggressor. - 60
New York Daily News
Korean director Im Sang-soo can't improve on Kim Ki-young's 1960 original, a jarring and operatic cult favorite. Still, he does tweak the themes in intriguing fashion. - 50
Boxoffice Magazine
With high production values and a glossily enjoyable mise-en-scene, the film is watchable.
