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Intruder

Intruder

Mystery · Thriller · 2020

Seo-jin is a widower still grieving his wife's death. Then he receives the news that his long-lost younger sister, Yoo-jin, who went missing 25 years ago, has turned up. Unlike the rest of his family, who welcome her into their arms, Seo-jin feels that Yoo-jin is a stranger.

Movie details

Intruder

“Long gone sister came back as a stranger.”

2020 Mystery · Thriller 1h 42m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.1 / 10

2.5K votes

TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Seo-jin is a widower still grieving his wife's death. Then he receives the news that his long-lost younger sister, Yoo-jin, who went missing 25 years ago, has turned up. Unlike the rest of his family, who welcome her into their arms, Seo-jin feels that Yoo-jin is a stranger.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Intruder?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Sohn Won-pyung

Written by

Sohn Won-pyung

Song Ji-hyo

Song Ji-hyo

Yu-jin

Kim Moo-yul

Kim Moo-yul

Seo-jin

Ye Su-jeong

Ye Su-jeong

Yoon-hee

최상훈

최상훈

Seong-cheol

Heo Joon-seok

Heo Joon-seok

Detective

So Hee-jung

So Hee-jung

Jung-im

Lim Sun-woo

Lim Sun-woo

Soo-jung

Court is in session

Put Intruder on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

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.

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.