This was so good. Great writing, acting, directing. A pretty accurate play on the awkwardness of being the help in a rich family and the power and class dynamics. It was a mix of a real-world thriller and elements of fiction/fantasty. Would recommend and watch again.

Not the best film I have seen, wasn't shocking or uncomfortable to watch, just a OK film to watch I haven't seen the original

Which director can accept the script and make this movie?? A boring movie and the worst ending in cinema!

I liked the fact that they twisted the story a little bit, not doing a copy of the original 1960 film

Brilliant photography.

The best Korean movie.

It's got some nice nudity, but it's not engaging.

The 2010 remake of the original movie seems bleak and unfulfilling. The film starts with a montage of a bustling street where we are introduced to the main character Eun-yi and her struggling life. But in the background of the montage, there's a huge foreshadowing of the end of the movie. A girl jumps from the roof of a restaurant and ends her life. Eun-yi is momentarily distracted from her work and expresses her desire to see the dead body. But she's scolded by her friend and roommate. Her life takes a different turn when she's hired by a rich businessman as a housemaid. His wife Hera is pregnant with twins and we can see this as she flaunts her baby bump haughtily throughout the movie. The husband, Hoon, who's pretty obsessed with vintage wines, can't seem to satisfy his sexual desires with his pregnant wife. That's when the most expected of the turn takes place, he goes up to the maid and the latter complies to have sexual intercourse. There's another important character that I forgot to mention. She's Byung-shik, played by Yuh-jung who's been nominated for Oscars recently for her magnificent performance in Minari. Her character in The Housemaid is that of an omniscient maid who's aware of every matter of the rich family. She discovers that the newly appointed maid is sleeping with her master. Instead of being loyal to the wife, she's loyal to the wife's mother. She makes a startling discovery. Thus ensues a series of events that changes the course of the film. It transforms from a movie to a regular Korean soap opera. The end, which is as much unfathomable as it's unexpected, leaves you with a sense of dissatisfaction. If there's a moral that you can take away from this movie, then it's the fact that nothing good comes when you sleep with an affluent guy who's already married. As always, Jeon Do-yeon gives a magnificent performance. Although it's not in the line with her ground-breaking performance in Secret Sunshine, you can assume that's it's the best she could've given from the script that she presented to her. Yuh-jung's character is that of an old lady who's worried about everything that goes around her and she excels at portraying it as such.

An inferior remake of the renowned original in 1960 that is an unabashed flaunting of sex and male chauvinism in a revenge story of the titular femme fatale concluding in a hammy showdown and a baffling final act.

Very intriguing film with a dramatic ending. You will be glued to your seat!

Promising start, confusing ending

Viene identificato come un thriller sexy, in realtà c'è poco di thriller (la storia è lì bella spiattellata e non c'è molto da intuire) e di sexy c'è qualche scena hot ma manca lo charme e quel detto non detto, i giochi di sguardi etc etc, in tal senso l'unica scena degna di nota è quella nel poster, ovvero lei vestita da cameriera che pulisce la vasca. Bastava una sufficienza, ma il finale con lei che brucia a mo di "giobia" fa cadere il voto.

Some motives never come to light and the conclusion was so unbelievable that I laughed out loud, but Im's remake of the "The Housemaid" is a graceful thriller that takes it's time but never takes advantage of your time.

It is a very slow movie, it is always clear what is going to happen in the current scene but you won't expect the next one and the ending

good suspenser but I prefer this original classic 1960 version

Stupid. Boring. Tedious. I wanted to kill myself after watching.

The modern harem rivalry drama.

Probably the most interesting camera angles and scenes were the most unrelated part to the entire movie, which was the first 5 minutes to the show. While the movie has so much potential to unveil what lies beneath the glamorous wealth family's life, the director chose to just skim a little of the top. Which well, probably enough to thought provoke and leave behind some chilly feeling on a hot summer day.

enjoyed it..while left both sympathetic and angry..

Was enjoying it until the final bizarre last 10 mins where shit got crazy!