The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Private Eye
Mystery · Crime · Thriller · 2009
The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of being accused, he decides to hire Hong Jin-ho (a detective) to help him find the murderer before the police accuse him of the murder.
Movie details
Private Eye
“Missing Bodies, Five Clues.”
2009 Mystery · Crime · Thriller 1h 51m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.2 / 10
Community rating
The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of being accused, he decides to hire Hong Jin-ho (a detective) to help him find the murderer before the police accuse him of the murder.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Private Eye?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Park Dae-min
Written by
Park Dae-min · Lee Young-jong
Hwang Jung-min
Hong Jin-ho
Ryu Deok-hwan
Jang Gwang-soo
Uhm Ji-won
Soon-deok
Oh Dal-su
Oh Yeong-dal
Yoon Je-moon
Uk-kwan
Joo Ah-reum
Ok-yi
Kim Hyang-gi
Byeol-eeh
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Put Private Eye on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.